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

As a result, the economic results of human resources development had been fairly modest.

It is here that the stores of knowledge available throughout the United Nations system can be transferred comparatively quickly and at modest cost.

In a modest way.

While the stakes of the States involved are high, their partners in action have to make only relatively modest efforts.

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Statistical data provided by IMF indicate that the post conflict recovery in Liberia in 2004 05 has been relatively modest.

So, as humbling and rotten as it was

You're more than modest.

73. In 1993, women apos s participation in small scale mining still was relatively modest, but it is growing steadily, especially in the artisanal and informal sector.

We realize that our efforts are modest in terms of magnitude because the dimensions and resources of Central America are themselves modest.

Kris was smart but unpretentious.

However, this proportion remains modest.

Many modest steps have been taken.

That meal was perfectly mediocre.

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

But other social indicators are unimpressive.

Instead, I had a very humbling experience.

But it too had humble beginnings.

A humble soul, he is, with a heart as gentle as a lamb.

Eve was incredibly modest.

The villa I'm having built outside the village will be modest but... very comfortable.

It would also be a relatively modest additional outlay to ensure that the remarkable progress towards peace that has already occurred in Cambodia is not interrupted and that the United Nations endeavours are brought to a successful conclusion.

Sami lived a modest ordinary life.

They can all be fixed by means of modest reforms.

In other words, the increase should be modest.

That is a little bit too early.

In that respect you could say it was relatively poor and so on and so forth.

Proportionally, anyhow.

We're comparative newcomers.

For these countries, total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP has remained relatively flat, with modest changes of one or two per cent during the period 1998 to 2002.

The development of space systems dedicated to the assessment of the NEO hazard would provide an excellent opportunity for international cooperation, from which all partners would benefit in terms of mission return, technology development and public relations, at a comparatively modest cost.

The benefit is therefore modest.

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My friends, you saw enter here a waif, a gamin, a lowly caterpillar.

What do you mean? Was this suit immodest?

But knowing this, they were most rare, simple and precious.

She speaks relatively quickly.

The organization was relatively small.

This is a relatively famous chair.

It's usually a relatively small amount.

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.

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

. The budget continues to earmark a modest increase in social expenditures.