Sentence examples for this means modest from inspiring English sources

(For women this means modest evening gowns, and for men this means jorts).

That means modest increases in price don't greatly influence most people's behavior.

Nationalist it ain't, but it is so very sweetly English, which I'm guessing means modest, melancholy, exuberant and joyful by turn.

This could mean modest investment in further education related to their current careers, or more substantial investment in preparing for a new career.

In some cases this might mean modest increases to council tax, often preferable to reducing or stopping services as we work to deliver radical new models of public services".

Graduates repay 9% of all earnings above £21,000 for 30 years (or until they've paid it off).This means modest earners get off relatively lightly, but over the course of their career, someone starting on a typical graduate wage of £25,000 and with a typical debt of £45,000, is likely to pay it back in full.

In practice this is likely to mean modest, loose-fitting garments and "a sports hijab", a scarf covering the hair but not the face.

For young people all this means stretching modest and minimum-wage pay to cover bigger and bigger rents.

MEANWHILE, modest jobs mean modest lives.

If you can do that, why can't people buy the Presidency?" He meant modest voluntary contributors, not big-money donors like Hoffman and him.

The Liberal Democrats yesterday were delighted by their highest stare of the vote since the early 80s, even if it meant modest seat gains.