Sentences with phrase «by modest»

It's a perfect representation of good taste instilled by modest practical structures and vivid creativeness.

Bay Area homeowners and homebuyers seem to have adjusted to a real estate market characterized by modest ups and downs from month to month and quarter to quarter in response to economic news and other factors, including the inventory of homes for sale, the presence of large numbers of distressed properties and a shortage of traditional home sellers.

However, the average sales price in March was up 2.2 percent compared to February this year, buoyed by modest growth in detached home prices.

Humility is characterized by a modest view of his or her own importance.

The market is already seeing signs of this, sparked by the modest rise in rates.

«For the first time since before the iPhone, the Federal Reserve has done it — raised the Federal Funds target rate by a modest quarter percent,» Fleming said.

Analysts believe that e-commerce will eventually mature and contribute to sales growth and earnings again, even if it by modest amounts.

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The 2012 Annual Update of Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the Dropout Epidemic report found that 24 states increased their high school graduation rates by modest to large gains, while the number of high schools graduating 60 percent or fewer students on time — often referred to as «dropout factories» — decreased by 457 between 2002 and 2010, with the rate of decline accelerating since 2008.

Results indicate at 6 - month follow - up, reductions were reported in substance use and substance use - related risk factors, as evidenced by modest improvements in family cohesion and conflict levels and by improvements in other areas of ecological functioning (e.g., increases in school / work attendance).

Nevertheless, these particular reviews raise questions about whether we can expect only modest cognitive and social benefits which may be at least partially offset by modest negative effects on social behaviour and health.

The evidence for an impact of home visiting programs on breastfeeding is driven almost entirely by the modest findings from an evaluation of NFP, in which nurse - visited mothers were significantly more likely to have attempted breastfeeding (though, as the authors report, there were no differences in duration of breastfeeding).7

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It's being powered by a modest Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor with 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of expandable storage.

Though powered by a modest power - cell, the handset has Usb C fast charging support.

Unlike its flagship sibling, the One M8, the Desire 816 is powered by a modest quad - core Snapdragon 400, clocked at 1.6 GHz.

The Samsung Galaxy C5 Pro is powered by a modest 2600 mAh non-removable battery.

The «ultra-light slim metal chassis» is another important selling point, sadly neutralized by a modest - sounding quad - core A7 processor (MediaTek MT8127?)

Besides, the Lenovo K6 is powered by a modest 3000mAH battery which will possibly last it through a day of use.

If there was a modest difference between the estimate and the final bill, because an estimate was not a fixed price for the work, one might be little surprised by the modest difference.

The latter is marked by a modest degree of standardization (e.g., an undergraduate program, generally of four years) with substantial variety beyond that.

If there is a modest difference between the estimate and the final bill, because an estimate is not a fixed price for the work, one may be very little surprised by the modest difference.

If eddies are suppressed by a modest but nonnegligible horizontal diffusion and vertical diffusion is kept realistically small, the model thermocline exhibits a familiar two - regime structure with an upper, advectively dominated ventilated thermocline and a lower, advective — diffusive internal thermocline, and together these compose the main thermocline.

The Berkeley Lab study found that global land surface temperature decreased by a modest amount — an average of roughly 0.01 degrees Celsius, based on an albedo increase of.003 averaged over all global land surfaces.

Those alarmists, however, ignored the fact that total polar ice had only receded by a modest amount, no where near ten percent.

Many parts of the world are low - lying and will be severely affected by modest sea rises.

As demonstrated by my modest experiment (1 & 2) the presence of the atmospheric molecules participating in the conductive, convective and latent heat movement processes renders this ideal black body radiation impossible.

Perhaps more to the point, those records were broken not by a little — not even by a modest amount — the were broken by a helluva lot.

It has become increasingly clear that the Administration's climate action plan, of which the Clean Power Plan is a critical part, is characterized by modest, gradual emissions reductions, that will likely be insufficient to curtail dangerous climate change without significant ratcheting in the near future.

Put another way, ExxonMobil telling us about modest emissions reductions in its own facilities is a bit like a large cigarette manufacturer telling us it has reduced smoking in its own plants and offices (by a modest amount) even as it continues to market and push cigarettes to everyone else in much larger volumes.

Supported from the beginning by a modest and visionary couple, Angus and Midge Skene, it challenged a conservative local art world.

Leavitt renders the familiar civic and, more often, domestic landscape of post-war L.A., which is dominated by a modest, scrappy, relentlessly future - oriented sense of architectural optimism.

We all agree that the writing is lacking but that's not really a reason to hate the game (or David Cage); don't forget that we also agree that the writing in ANY video game is pretty much sub-par by modest literary or storytelling standards.

Although limited in the number of shops and special attractions around it, Choeng Mon Beach is practically private, being dominated by a modest selection of top - tier resorts.

All of the living areas are beautifully designed with luxurious furniture and plenty to do with the entertainment systems which allow you to explore all avenues of home enjoyment with the mini bars and the bathrobes, slippers and other supplies which are changed daily.Daluman Villas offfers great standard and enjoyed only by the modest capacity of the guests who stay at this private Bali villa.

Many are still owned by modest families and some were sold to professionals that escape to Porta del Sol to have a break from the city.

Given the winery's illustrious history, guests may be surprised by the modest tasting room — a starkly lit area with a small wooden bar — although the property also includes mosaic - like quartzite floors, copper wall sconces, and 17th - century engravings of celestial maps.

Our ability to care for the community's animals is supported solely by modest fees and donations.

If their share prices increase by a modest 2 % a year — well below the long - term market average — investors can expect annualized total returns, including dividends, to top 7 %.

While the first half of the year was characterized by modest sales and price gains, the second half of 2012 has headed in the exact opposite direction.

During bear markets, each time there is a precipitous drop, it is followed by a modest recovery, masking as the beginning of a new bull market.

While earnings growth does tend to exceed sales growth by a modest amount over time, these expected growth rates are vastly higher than what is likely to appear.

We should not at all be concerned by modest drops in portfolio values over brief periods of time (and I should acknowledge that a «brief» period of time for long - term investors can easy be more than a year).

RBC research found that U.S. dividend payers and dividend growers outperformed the S&P 500 between January 1994 and November 2015 by a modest margin and with volatility only slightly less than the benchmark.

It was a reasonably conservative managed futures fund that was hampered by modest returns and high expenses.

Xtex is a relatively anonymous tablet market, presenting an offer hard to refuse for fans of tablets constrained by a modest budget: a tablet with the latest software and competitive hardware at a price of only $ 150.

Trade sales as reported by the AAP fell by a modest $ 6.5 million to $ 488.4 million overall for April, with small gains in adult sales overtaken by a $ 15 million drop in children's / YA sales.

Taking care of its operations is a 1 GHz dual core processor which is assisted in the process by a modest 512 MB RAM.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is backed by a modest 2600 mAh battery pack that can last a day on moderate usage.

While not everyone will be impressed by the modest price increases, enthusiasts are already being encouraged to snap up MY17 models before their order is too late.