Sentence examples for very modest to from inspiring English sources

Signs of the generation gap were everywhere, though in some cases the results would have seemed very modest to an outsider.

"Now it's very much built up with all kinds of houses, from very modest to very attractive," said Mrs. Van Liew, the historian.

As for risk, the spread on high-yield corporate bonds, compared with American government bonds, has risen from very modest to slightly less modest: from 267 basis points in late February to only 310 points on March 2nd.

"I think it does a very modest to minimal amount of dissolving fat at this point," said Dr. Moy, who is president-elect of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

I'd be very modest to say that the rumors aren't that bad, but it's certainly not all that good.

Investors decided that expectations for an oil output deal had been very modest to begin with, said Eric Wiegand, senior portfolio manager at U.S. Bank Wealth Management.

Nonetheless, despite the inability to directly engage Bim, and the very modest affinity to Bid, VAR F1L is able to counter both Bim- and Bid-mediated apoptosis.

Reach is a very modest thing; to qualify, you only have to listen for five minutes in an average week.

At baseball's winter meetings in December, Alderson, the Mets' general manager, said, "What outfield?" when asked to talk about the team's very modest candidates to play right, center and left in the 2013 season.

It is remarkable that important countries as France, Germany and Italy that belong to the G8 are only participating in a very modest way to the bioethical journals.

On Thursday, the House passed a very modest measure to end a tax withholding program, one that had yet to affect a single American, but which President Obama has agreed should go.