1. Being youngsters, we sat modestly at the back, never daring to speak.

2. They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.

3. Britain's balance of payments improved modestly last month.

4. 'I was just lucky,' he said modestly.

5. She is always modestly dressed.

6. 'I'm not a very good painter,' he said modestly.

7. A black kerchief modestly veiled her hair.

8. She modestly suggests that "sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference".

9. At just £9, the training video is very modestly priced.

10. On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.

11. She was dressed modestly.

12. She cast her eyes down modestly while Jack was talking about her.

13. Women have to dress modestly(), to avoid being harassed by the locals.

14. She dressed modestly in a blue pantsuit covered by a tan all-weather coat.

15. Modestly numbered and sparely equipped, they had just bested the greatest army the Federal government had ever assembled.

16. Wilkie, who describes himself modestly as a working journalist, then tracked down the poet's widow.

17. Those early days of marriage were lived modestly in a one-bedroom flat in Clapham, South London.

18. And, no matter how modestly it begins, the effort must be sustainable over the long term.

19. Why have you opted for a relatively modestly sized premises rather than a larger exhibition area?

20. His appeal to Wilson modestly requested constitutional government, democratic freedoms and other reforms for Vietnamconspicuously omitting any reference to independence.

21. But they modestly assure the reader that their registry is not complete.

22. "You really must be very good at what you do." — "I suppose I am," Kate said modestly.

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23. She sat down cautiously on the red canvas cushions, knees modestly together.

24. I was surprised to see General Grant walking along modestly... toward Mr Lincoln.

25. But now a strengthening California economy, spearheaded by a boom in Silicon Valley, has sent prices modestly upward.

26. Within a few days of its unveiling Achilles was modestly kitted out with a fig leaf.

27. If the budget is actually balanced because of Clinton, his comparative stature in the annals of history will grow only modestly.

28. The study also found that garlic supplements reduced blood pressure modestly, confirming results from previous studies.

29. Self-reliance was also promoted in other economic spheres, albeit modestly.

30. As in many western states, drivers in Nevada have increased their average speeds modestly since the limits were raised.

1. Being youngsters, we sat modestly at the back, never daring to speak.

2. They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.

3. She cast her eyes down modestly while Jack was talking about her.

31. For these smaller cities, less expensive and more modestly scaled public transport and traffic restraint policies are more appropriate.

32. Other than that he lived modestly, without flashy cars or new homes.

33. The bed was tucked modestly into a corner of the room.

34. Financial markets moved after the government said that retail sales rose only modestly in December.

35. Tutilo hovered in the background, keeping himself modestly apart while his betters conferred.

36. This is the position of Christopher Norris, who modestly but firmly maintains that all anglophone readers except himself have misunderstood Derrida.

37. More modestly, the same agents are offering six new apartments at Kingswear with views across to Dartmouth.

38. My oldest sister Sally played the clarinet for a long time, and was modestly successful.

39. Father-of-two Ivan, who lived modestly, struck rich 10 years ago when a distant cousin left him ￡8 million.

40. More recently, the Tote has used its modest profits to acquire a chain of still more modestly profitable betting shops.

41. Payments designed to bridge periods of involuntary unemployment do provide modestly for some wholly voluntary idleness in Florida.

42. She was a small, neat woman, modestly dressed.

43. Nevertheless, Irish house prices are now falling, if modestly.

44. The proportion of angina-free patients was modestly but significantly higher at 1 and 3 years in the PCI group (with lower use of antianginal medications), but not at 5 years.

45. The hugeness of its sound is something considering how modestly it was recorded, and "Decisions" manages to feel both tragic and uplifting at once.

46. The score did not improve risk discrimination but did modestly improve clinical risk reclassification for individual subjects beyond standard clinical factors.

47. They should thoroughly rid themselves of this influence and modestly study Marxism - Leninism .

48. Even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone put pen to paper before the 1960 s.

49. Dr Learned and Dr Zee have come up with a design for a particle accelerator that would do the job a good deal more modestly, using another type of subatomic particle, the pion, as an intermediary.

50. Tongxiang smooth spinning manufacturers offer reluctantly, but polyester and polyester composite wire prices rose modestly.

51. But I never talk shop , said Sir Henry modestly. No, I never talk shop.

52. When we got home that night, after we put Shoshana to bed, he said modestly, "Well, I think we hit it off A-OK."

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53. Conclusions Regular aerobic exercise modestly increases HDL - C level.

54. On the inflation front, ticket prices rose only modestly, about 2 percent, essentially in line with price trends on items recorded in the government's core consumer price data.

55. It was, to be fair, a modestly gilded tea caddy—just thin lines of gilt along the edges.

56. Beijing's investments in modestly militarized amphibious-assault support platforms have also been overlooked.

57. In the Chinese market, gaobao company modestly as a later.

58. They do not need to resign themselves to ineffectiveness: up to a point, pressure works: China has been modestly helpful over Myanmar, North Korea and Sudan.

59. That's her home." Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house, small and modestly sitting in the midst of all that glory.

60. Our tablecloth is modestly priced and quite sellable in your market.

61. He walked very modestly behind them . He was not willing to spoil sport.

62. "Revenue should trend modestly lower quarter-on-quarter, driven by flattish spread revenue and moderating fee income trends," analyst David George said in a note to clients.

63. The girl cast down her eyes modestly when she was praised.

64. Hayden Black is nice, funny, quotable , and makes two critically acclaimed and modestly popular Web shows.

65. Causes the human to be progressive modestly, arrogantly enable the human to retrocede!

66. Even Apple, which has resisted this cut-rate trend, is offering modestly lower prices or higher specs for the same prices as before.

67. I'd always understood these Oriental girls were brought up modestly behind the veil.

68. He modestly said: LV is our school bag and using Gucci would be considered lowered status.

69. I modestly assented, and we all fell through a little dirty swing door, into a sort of hot packing-case immediately behind it.

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70. His father had told him to travel alone and modestly.

71. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. But start modestly, with the little things that bother you.

72. The dissertation was entitled, modestly,'remarks about a play by Shakespeare '.

73. The church then peeped out modestly from a clump of trees.

74. Ratan Tata, the soon-to-retire boss of a conglomerate that produces everything from tea to cars, lives modestly and treats his employees well.

75. To that, investors must add the modestly valued industrial business being spun off.

76. When Dad and I asked, she thought carefully then hinted modestly for some tea towels, face clothes or a new dishpan.

77. He had been, he said modestly, swimming champ at high school.