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1 You see I am not very modest in making use of you.
2 The present work is a very modest contribution toward the desired result.
3 All she had was her very modest house in the sixteenth arrondissement.
4 He was very modest in his demands when he returned to Rome.
5 He took a very modest sip and made to hand it back.
6 This is a very modest statement, considering the priceless discovery it announces.
7 For twenty-seven years it had been a monthly of very modest dimensions.
8 Most of those benefiting from the scheme are on very modest incomes.
9 Of course they will have to go into very modest lodgings indeed.
10 This will be to make a very modest allowance for human infirmities.
11 I assure you you are very much mistaken, or else very modest .
12 You are very modest , Mr. Passford, and I will not offend you.
13 It wasn't very modest , perhaps, I was so miserable I didn't care.
14 I deny the one; and the other is incontestable, within very modest limits.
15 The telescope tube had the very modest dimension of one inch in diameter.
16 It was very modest in appearance, and everything seemed quiet about the place.
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