They can have modest effects on our cholesterol by themselves.

For fat children, however, no one really thinks that modest effects will be enough.

Overall, we are looking at modest effects resulting from this single intervention.

The latest evaluation, at age three years, showed positive, if modest, effects for all categories of families.

And that, he said, could have a modest effect on consumer spending.

Monetary policy has only a modest effect on Japanese growth.

The announcement had only a modest effect on stock prices.

So far, the sanctions have had only a modest effect on American business.

The beginning of the ground attack had a modest but positive effect on financial markets in Tokyo.

There is some evidence that such intervention strategies have modest effects on the behavior of children in the short and long term.