The report found that e procurement was being implemented incrementally in a modular way, which the authors considered more likely to succeed than a big bang approach.

Tariffs are generally modest already, so gains from their further reduction would be modest as well.

Kris was smart but unpretentious.

However, this proportion remains modest.

Many modest steps have been taken.

But other social indicators are unimpressive.

Another lot of tourists arrived.

Sami lived a modest ordinary life.

They can all be fixed by means of modest reforms.

The benefit is therefore modest.

(d) Avoid a big bang approach

And those payouts are modest compared to the research and development efforts they stimulate.

This is a modest amount, but the initial ambition was also modest.

We believe that large dividends in threat reduction can be achieved with a relatively modest investment.

The Government of Timor Leste has decided to make a modest financial contribution.

The General Assembly had initiated a modest experiment with many caveats.

With the advent of computer, Urdu writing got great boost.

It gives additional impetus for our efforts to fight terrorism.

The first disbursement of 1.5 million against the commitment authority was made in March 2005 and a second disbursement of 2.5 million was made in April 2005.

However, the proportion of women participating in international activities remains modest.

A number of countries are in between these extremes, with moderate statistical capacity.

But they were only the first installment on what needs to be done.

A gang isn't arrested by eliminating 18 persons in a raw.

Weapons of mass destruction could kill all of us here, all at once.

As a result, their redistributive effects are modest.

The paper was published in a minor journal and is not very well cited.

The door is now open to an initial agreement with modest goals.

Their efforts have had limited coverage in the mainstream media.

This is of crucial importance to us, as our uranium resources are modest.

During 2004 we took the modest first steps in a process of reviving our Conference.

And as it happened, I read it from midnight to five in the morning in one shot.

Consistency alone would be a big boost for confidence.

What it needs is a push more aggregate demand.

The first batch consisted of engineers given approval for flight training.

Summit communiqués have become modest if wordy affairs.

The Jafraa band was established in 2007 with modest intentions to perform melodies and original art.

Nevertheless, these developments represent only a modest step forward.

I have heard people describe the outcomes of this United Nations summit as modest.

And no summit requiring unanimity from 191 nations can be more than modest.

We feel encouraged and modestly certain that, this time, action and results are on the way.

We take this as down to earth but essential advice on how to deal with the challenge of multiple international courts.

Banks balance sheets would receive an immediate boost, as would the heavily indebted countries budgets.

It would also give new impetus to the European security system.

All funding is paid in advance and some donors fund multi year projects up front.

We should work for this type of dialogue by beginning with simple and modest initiatives.