However , the structural improvement is more muted .

In Madurai, a reward that is modest in North American standards, is more meaningful there.

This is a relatively modest prediction.

From then on, Pastinha had a happy and modest childhood.

He is a plain, modest person.

The young lady is modest like a violet.

Biography Camille Guérin was born in Poitiers to a family of modest means.

The top answers in this country nice, thin, modest and use all available resources for appearance.

They would think the person is modest or lazy.

My father is a hard working, straightforward, and modest person.

The organizers think a girl should be modest.

Even with the modest recovery in commodity prices over the past six months, Russia s energy sector has experienced declining production in recent years, due in part to fears among foreign investors of expropriation. Russia s sovereign wealth fund, integral in propping up an increasingly re centralized economy, is being depleted fast.

Tom has a modest two bedroom house in Boston.

River of Deceit is arguably the group's best known song while I Don't Know Anything still maintains modest radio play today.

On closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that the improvement is modest, probably temporary, and not the result of the policies promoted by Germany.

Private consumption is also expected to be affected by modest income dynamics .

Hijab requires women to cover their heads and wear modest clothing.

This is not because the predicted acceleration in growth is still quite modest.

It's a small way civilians can support our troops, she said.

This resolution is inadequate because it is incapable of any soul searching about today's overly thirsty, greedy, voracious energy companies.

In our view, military means must only be used in order to give effect to the embargo, and then only through the United Nations and not by action on the part of individual states circumventing the UN.

I am very greateful to the rapporteur, Mrs Read, who has admirably clarified the meaning of the text, made her observations on it, and tabled the Parliament's amend ments.

Indeed, the modest economic recovery that should benefit many countries in 2013 seems to be eluding Italy.

So, albeit a very small creature and very modest, this creature is incredible, because it can agglomerate into these mega reef structures.

The most likely outcome is that all will be fine, and the Fed doesn t really care if a modest equity price correction ensues.

Indeed, though Hill's modest initial agenda certainly would do no harm (and should be pursued as quickly as possible), any substantial measures beyond it would confront major roadblocks.

Though Russia s public debt is modest, its foreign exchange reserves large, and its economy much stronger than in 1998, once the herd is running, it is impossible to stop it.

However, the record holder landed just shy of the eight foot mark, which is impressive.

Lane formed Slim Chance and had a modest solo career that ended prematurely when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

East Germany and West Germany are now things of the past, just as, or at least we hope so, Eastern Europe and Western Europe.

There are several reasons to anticipate modest improvement in 2013, although, as usual, there are downside risks.

All the cultures of the world value a modest and chaste vision of women, wives, mothers, and guardians of tradition.

Yes, this is indeed the position increasingly adopted by Turkey s Islamic opinion leaders who are striving not for jihad or an Islamic state, but just a modest preservation of tradition.

One hopes that modest recovery in the south, aided by strong German leadership in the north, will steer Europe in the right direction.

Yes, all investors should have a very modest share of gold in their portfolios as a hedge against extreme tail risks.

Greece s fire breathing new government, it is generally assumed, will have little choice but to stick to its predecessor s program of structural reform, perhaps in return for a modest relaxation of fiscal austerity.

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.

Seen against this background, US officials handwringing over the recent modest reversal in the renminbi s exchange rate appears absurd.

The second thing which we need to make clear and which I have tried to embody in the amendments is that in granting these powers, the House is not in any way allowing anyone to preempt our final decision on Volume II of the legislative package.

See the difference within one African country it goes from very low level to very high level, and most of the provinces in Kenya is quite modest.

In this low key, image packed talk from 2002, designer Christopher C. Deam talks about his makeover of an American classic the Airstream travel trailer.

On the Modest Life of Deputies These deputies set off for Antartica to conquer a mountain, aided by the travel company Seven Summits.

Even the International Monetary Fund s forecast of a modest improvement in 2013 is predicated on the government s ability to breathe life into a spate of stalled economic reforms.

A gentler way to achieve some modest reduction in public and private debt burdens would be to commit to a period of sustained but moderate inflation, as I recommended in December 2008 in a commentary entitled Inflation is Now the Lesser Evil.

In addition , the fiscal assumptions contain only a modest contribution from increases in indirect taxes and administered prices for 2005 .