Sentence examples for was modest for from inspiring English sources

A model of that size was modest for the Corps.

Demand for tickets was modest for the first round of sales, but he puts this down to a Carioca tendency to leave things to the last minute.

Applause was modest for the pieces on the program, although ovations grew during three rousing encores, including the prelude from Act III of Wagner's "Lohengrin," a preview of the Pyongyang program in Korea.

Mr. Shapiro declined to publicly disclose the budget, but said it was modest for the scale of the undertaking, partly because he does no advertising and keeps the production costs to a minimum.

The idea was to avoid pushing so hard to wring cash out of the first film that it put a bad taste in the mouths of parents and threatened the series' long, lucrative life, so merchandising licensing was modest for such a major film.

Reports began to appear in global news media portraying an excessive sense of entitlement, with Greeks taking to the streets in protest, even though the increase was modest (for example, women with children or in hazardous jobs would be able to retire with full benefits at just 55, up from 50).

She is modest, for one so celebrated.

CONS: The kitchen is modest for such a house.

If anything, Scaramanga is being modest, for he is not the same as Bond.

The tax cuts were modest for middle-class families but very large for the well-off.

Others say he's being modest for tax reasons; top birds fetch double that.