This has not been the case in Western Europe, however, where soy protein — based foods are still used to a modest extent (5), partly because these products are foreign to European food culture and partly because of public concern about the use of genetically modified foods (6). (academic.oup.com)
To a modest extent, I'm trying to take the approach Murray Gell - Mann has extolled in discussing the value of taking a «crude look at the whole.» (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
I prefer to use 1995 - 2011, 16 rather than 20 years but avoiding Pinatubo entirely — or the 17 years 1994 - 2011, which is only to a modest extent impacted by Pinatubo. (judithcurry.com)