Sentence examples for what a modest from inspiring English sources

What a modest, unassuming, exemplary sort of character he was.

Pension contributions in the public sector must rise too to help close the gap between what even a modest pension costs to finance and what people pay in as employees – as distinct from what they pay in as taxpayers financing other people's pensions.

"I made the most of what is a modest role in government," he said.

What seemed a modest arms deal, however, turned out to be anything but.

Against this backdrop, what can a modest people-to-people effort between New Haven and Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, hope to accomplish?

The ease with which Arsenal sliced through what is a modest team demonstrates yet again how inexplicable was the defeat in Zagreb at the outset that set Arsenal on this negative course.

But there are exceptions to every rule and for a while, replying to what appeared a modest 244 all out, the Sussex batsmen looked far from comfortable against Jamie Overton and Steve Kirby with the new ball.

King completed 10 of 11 passes for 104 yards in what was a modest debut for the offense the Bucs are installing after failing to score a touchdown in last season's National Football Conference championship game.

LONDON — A senior Iranian official hinted on Monday that Iran would consider limits on its home-grown stockpile of enriched uranium, offering what seemed a modest compromise to partly meet Western concerns ahead of the planned resumption this week of nuclear talks with a group of six global powers.

Page A4 IRAN SENDS MIXED SIGNALS A senior Iranian official hinted that Iran would consider limits on its home-grown stockpile of enriched uranium, offering what seemed a modest compromise to partly meet Western concerns ahead of the planned resumption this week of nuclear talks with a group of six global powers.

The authors of the study were at pains to stress that parents should not worry about what was a modest chance of extra illness.