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'I felt we might start in a very modest sort of way, say with three or four children, ' she later wrote.

Since then there has been a very modest and fitful "recovery" that has failed to take us back to the earlier peak.

A block down the street, a chunk of graffiti-sprayed concrete has been stuck beside the door of a very modest museum.

Taken together, they show that the benefits of such measures will be significant, while the costs are likely to be very modest.

Please remember that these numbers are simply one data point, obtained for a given transaction mix in a very modest environment.

In an era of extravagance and wastefulness , I hope to be able to show the world, human things that really need very modest.

"Chinese tourists do a European tour, as the Japanese did 25 years ago, with very modest local integration, " he said.

Now all the reports we have received show that the public appreciates buying fine quality footwear at the very modest prices we quoted.

"One must be very modest then to take with such women, " Ralph said humbly.

Both winners were very modest and said that they didn't think they were better than the other singers.

Like a goddess sculpture, bathed in the rain, with a placid, calm and very modest broad, fulfilling a beautiful legend.

To have prevented the very modest levels of warming the world has seen so far, governments should have taken decisive action 30 years ago.

Since then, however, it has allowed only very modest currency appreciation, prompting renewed criticism from Washington.

Ideally these should normally have very modest portfolios that should be temporarily enlarged when a slump threatens.

two winners are very modest, they thought that they do not sing well compared to other singer.

This gift can be very modest, even if the boss's gift was lavish.

Most economists expect only a very modest increase in the value of the renminbi.

Foreign investors have only a very modest exposure to mainland equities.

And I heard this story the first time a couple of years ago from a very modest family of immigrants from Kosovo in Switzerland.

Failing to meet the very modest expectations of Cancun would have been fatal.

You may be surprised to find American students at your university who come from very modest means and who struggle daily with money issues.

Mr Yang says that the banks' credit growth had been "very modest" .

Although a very modest hit in theaters, it became one of the highest grossing video rentals of all time.

She was very modest in her demands.

However, after talking with Mr. Wu, we realized that in a low-income city like Ji'an, the profit margin in video production is very modest.

Have a mind as open as a valley; be very modest; be extremely open-minded.

Web service specs have made the problem approachable to people with very modest IT investments.

Failure also stripped away the inessential, said Rowling, who signed her first (and very modest) book contract in 1996.

That meant the cost of the pension system was very modest.

Most analysts expect only very modest strengthening in the short term.

But we're mostly flat, and our very modest gains were trumped by many other countries.

She's very modest about her success.

This is more of a pilot program, a very modest initial look at a community type policing program.

Mr. Liu Zhicheng is a very modest and sincere man.

We can know from here that Confucius was very modest; the attitude of learning was very real, not the slightest sign of affectation.

Offer some flexibility to smaller banks in view of their very modest starting base.

The prominent physicist from rural household is very modest , never boasts.

I have learned that in a very modest ways even as having become dean.

Dick is very modest about his accomplishments.

Well, that is learning, but it's of a very modest kind.

For all his achievements he is very modest .

He's very modest. He doesn't think he's the best at everything.

The student who was praised at the meeting is the monitor that is very modest and studies very hard.

Both winners were very modest.

He is the best student in our class, but he is very modest and never plays the peacock.

I called our mortgage lender to inquire about a very modest home loan -- $5, 000 to $10, 000.

He is very modest about his achievement.

David is very confident, but he is very modest and never show off.

She has a very modest bearing.

So your extra money to fund a true ATM fiber network is very modest indeed.

It is very modest on the inside because nothing should distract those who pray. This is also the reason why men and women pray separately.

So able, and the scientist is very modest.

He was very modest over them.

So able, and he is very modest.

But since then there has only been very modest movement in the exchange rate, with the renminbi rising 0. 78 per cent against the US dollar.

We can create one at a cost that is very modest in relation to the dangers we face.

Well-known as he is, he is very modest.

The student that was praised at yesterday's meeting is the monitor who is very modest and works very hard.

She is very modest about the prizes she has won.

Scientist as he is, he is very modest.

Wage depends on the ability of her personal business is also very modest commission;