Sentence examples for overall modest from inspiring English sources

"Because the gains are so concentrated in this single group, one needs to be very cautious in setting policy based on the overall modest impacts on test scores," Mr. Myers said.

There was an overall modest contribution of Australian identification to adolescent Muslims' adaptation.

This negative finding may be attributed to small sample size, relatively short duration of treatment and the overall modest effect of DCS.

Overall, modest mediation effects of stressors were observed for diabetes (15.9%), hypertension (9.7%), and obesity (5.1%) among women but only results for diabetes were statistically significant.

The overall modest responses of HIV-1 infected patients to IFN therapy in past years [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] have forced researchers to investigate alternative strategies for the development of pharmaceuticals to control disease progression.

Together with the overall modest reduction of snRNP levels in SMA tissues, these results suggest that SMN complexes competent for snRNP assembly greatly exceed the amount needed to meet the in vivo demand for snRNP synthesis in most tissues and that decreased SMN levels have little if any impact on snRNP accumulation in SMA.

Relationships between measures of natural space and positive emotional well-being were weak and lacked consistency overall, but modest protective effects were observed in small cities.

And in the Commons Clegg has just said that his bill will propose an "overall but modest" reduction in the number of MPs.

Overall, whatever modest successes ABC has achieved, with lowbrow sitcoms like "According to Jim" and "My Wife and Kids" or with its Spellingesque reality shows, have been wiped out by phenomenons on other networks like "American Idol" and "The Apprentice".

Labour's progress overall was modest for a party that aspires to win a general election in just two years' time.

► Later, Jocelyn Kaiser posted an analysis of the proposed NIH budget, which, despite being flat overall, "contains modest increases for a few programs within the agency".