modest increase

Several programs were identified by the Administration for modest increases.

And the report projects only modest increases for the next five years.

But the president, under pressure from Congress and the computer industry, agreed to support a modest increase six months later.

"At most, there will be some modest increase in the economic base," he said.

This is a modest increase from the monthly level of about 700 early in the year.

The population was 417 at the 2000 census, a modest increase over the 1990 figure of 326.

So a modest increase in deaths could have serious effects.

But this treatment does come with a modest increased risk of skin cancer.

That modest increase was still higher than some market participants had anticipated.

That is described in the Treasury's paper as a modest increase.

"We had been hoping for a modest increase over 1987 prices," he said.

He said the paper had enjoyed only "a modest increase in advertising."

"In those areas, we'll try to provide for modest increases," she said.

But it is unlikely that such families are going to spend a modest increase on child care.

Modest increases are not what companies typically like to broadcast.

A very modest increase in underlying costs, I assure you.

The measures have been effective, with a modest increase in employment to a total of around 6,000 workers.

What we are seeing is a modest increase in the intensity of hurricanes.

The Senate will now vote, and the agency expects a modest increase in the final bill.

A Newsweek poll showed a modest increase in support, to 58 percent from 53.

Advertising rates for 1988 are up 6 percent, a modest increase compared with those of many previous years.

A modest increase in the income tax would erase the other half of the deficit.

The modest increase over the previous month seemed to reassure investors.

Granted that 2,436 people amount to a modest increase in a city the size of Elizabeth.

Service companies also plan modest increases in purchases of equipment this fall.