Sentence examples for modest until from inspiring English sources

It still remained modest until Parma became more successful in the mid-1980s.

Sales were modest until the release in the mid-sixties of a one-volume paperback.

But protests were modest until after the Civil War, when row-house construction reached the East 60's.

The number of people willing to take the test drive was relatively modest until Audi began offering a competitive lease in early March.

Most of 'N Sync's dancing was modest until an encore, "Digital Get Down"; it's the group's one racy song, about video cybersex.

To various degrees, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Orlando Magic have also been executing the Rockets' game plan over the last few years, collecting young players and picks and keeping their payrolls modest until worthy players come along.

That figure is artificially depressed on a ratio basis, given that this time last year saw the death of Windows XP, which drove a spate of Of course, with Windows 10 just days out, Microsoft could be suffering from modest wait-until-new-stuff-is-out syndrome on the demand side of things.

The Babenbergs' power was modest, however, until the 12th century, when they came to dominate the Austrian nobility.

As a country house architect, Soane had modest success until he was appointed architect to the Bank of England in 1788.

Rates remain at historically low levels, with recent inflation data having delayed even a modest rise until next year.

This sounds like a modest sum until you realize that his monthly salary at that time was 36 renminbi.