From a modest background, he was educated locally and did not attend a public school or university.

He came from modest background, working as a baker in his youth.

He came from a modest background, and ended up in a home when his parents divorced.

Tuition is $1,600 a semester and the students typically have modest backgrounds.

He had a first failed marriage with a rich woman and came from modest background.

Coming from a modest background he signified the groups majority; the hard working middle class.

I'd prefer them to grow up in a modest and ordinary background.

That modest background is a key to his personality, some associates say.

Even in the 20th century, the merit-based system allowed young people from modest backgrounds to move up into the corridors of power.

Britain used to have many politicians from modest backgrounds - but not now.