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.

Sami lived a modest ordinary life.

They can all be fixed by means of modest reforms.

The benefit is therefore modest.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Yet their actions in response to this insight have been modest.

In the late 1980s, Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince.

Over the past two years, we have made a modest beginning in improving the effectiveness of the First Committee's methods of work.

The EU S Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) is an excellent but modest start, and should be scaled up

The price for American style democracy, he wrote, was artistic mediocrity and public conformity.

Otherwise, the country will be condemned to shine weakly on the periphery of the global market.

The effect is greater when modest deficit and debt levels are exceeded and current account deficits are large.

Since there were no substantial capital flows for a long time, this did not matter at first.

Government officials have taken modest steps in this direction, but culture and inertia remain powerful obstacles.

In fact, the Scorecard s assessment of European foreign policy performance in 2012 shows modest signs of stabilization and resilience.

President Bush ran in 2000 on a platform promising a humble foreign policy.

At age 57, Freeman retired from his position at George Washington University and opened up a modest practice in California.

We pay humble tribute to all victims of the National Socialist regime of terror and we bow our heads in deep mourning.

The Advisory Committee notes that actual income does show a modest increase from biennium to biennium.

Our political leaders need at least a modest degree of scientific literacy, which most badly lack today no applause, please.

Meanwhile, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Chile have already acquired modest amounts of renminbi reserves.