She added: "We feel that this drug has been found to be effective, but to a modest degree."

"Behind that, in the small of the back there was likely a modest degree of vertical flexion."

Though the temperature was a modest 27 degrees, my bare head and neck quickly felt numb.

The extent of the trouble between the two departments can be measured in the modest degree to which they are now working together.

There's growing evidence to suggest that some might - at least to a modest degree.

They afford a modest degree of intuitive insight, which is always welcome.

To bring it into a form suitable for testing involves a modest degree of reformulation.

And where they differ, their differences are often differences of modest degree.

The copolymer was at a modest 165 degrees Celsius.