Turkey has taken modest steps to improve its human rights record.

A modest step has been taken to resolve this problem.

Kuwait has taken a modest but important step to protect human rights.

"Most of our expansion activities will probably be in modest steps."

Although our current progress may seem like a modest first step, it's an energetic start.

"We have to credit them with some modest steps forward," he said.

But gradually you can nevertheless see that a modest step forward is being taken.

This analysis is a modest but useful step in that direction.

The compromise package should be seen as a very modest but important first step.

The Bush administration is taking some modest steps to bring the military up to date.