Sentence examples for modest to average from inspiring English sources

As for the children, it is painfully true that families of modest to average income, especially those families of any size, can have a tough time of it, given the tax rates and the Social Security/Medicare levies that employer and employee have to pay even to contract for work to begin with.

Results of the reactive transport simulations show that under the site-specific conditions the temporal variations in groundwater flow do, to a modest extent, affect average biodegradation rates and average total (dissolved) contaminant mass in the aquifer.

Correlations between voxel- and whole tumour-scale k 3 and TBR values were weak to modest: the population average of the Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between voxel-scale k 3 and TBR (1 h) [TBR(2 h)] values was 0.10 [0.01] in the 20 patients, while the correlation between tumour-scale k 3 and TBR(2 h) values was 0.58.

Certainly not the small dietary changes recommended by government agencies and other organizations -- these are only modest changes to the average American's diet, and the average American starts developing heart disease during childhood.

Tepid trend growth and the absence of strong long-term valuation support suggest average equity returns are also likely to be more modest, on average, in the coming years than historic averages.

In contrast, Ryan forecasts a more modest 1.3% average annual rise, to $33.2 billion.

The DWP estimates that customers who use "typical" amounts of water and electricity will see a more modest 3% average annual increase to their monthly bills.

By contrast, the Net stocks expected to be in the black this year need to increase estimated 2002 earnings by a more modest 40%, on average, to meet estimates for the following year, and are trading at 33 times the 2003 figure.

However, both PA and SWR buck the trend with low network overhead and modest average time steps to resistance. Figure 4 Average number of time steps between novel attacks and individual nodes' resistance to these attacks.

Although outright repeal of the averaging provisions may be the best solution, Professor Schmalbeck also explores several more modest amendments to the averaging provisions.

This study provides epidemiologic evidence for an inverse association between relatively modest lifetime average alcohol consumption (approximately 1/4 to 1/2 drink/day) and endometrial cancer risk.