modest budget
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmodestandbudget
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modest
adjective
uk/ˈmɒd.ɪst/us/ˈmɑː.dɪst/
not large in size or amount, or ...
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budget
noun
uk/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/us/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/
a plan to show how much money a person or organization will earn and how much they will need or be able ...
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(Definition ofmodestandbudgetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These all have a cost, and we should not limit our political ambitions by penny-pinching over what is, after all, a relativelymodestbudget.
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Itsmodestbudgetof some £40 million is to be cut by £2 million.
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It is an example of a good programme on amodestbudget.
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That could be almost impossible, given itsmodestbudget.
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That provides finance to help meet the costs of low andmodestbudgetfilms.
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We can do all that within a relativelymodestbudgetif we patronise young, living artists.
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The whole aim of a strategic planning and co-ordinating body should be to operate on amodestbudgeteven if it has primordial powers.
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By 1987 it anticipates having funded about 100 full length feature films, low andmodestbudgetfilms.
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According to the report, amodestbudgetrequires an income of nearly £21,000 a year.
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That in the end was what we did with a verymodestbudget.
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The board has not sought statutory planning powers, but it has delivered on amodestbudget.
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It was a national body which, with amodestbudget, was inaugurated to promote the recreational use of water.
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The commission has amodestbudgetwhich should not be made so modest that it cannot carry out its functions.
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Is it correct that themodestbudgetfor that has been underspent in recent years?
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It started with a verymodestbudgetof £150,000, which rose to £750,000 by 1970.
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This is about amodestbudgetthat was rising at half the rate of a national budget, despite the enlargement accommodating over 12 new states.
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It had a fairlymodestbudgetand funded feasibility studies and direct measures.
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I hope that this exceptionallymodestbudgetwill, nevertheless, allow us to fund large investment projects in this way.
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We have heard the figure of about 50 internal staff and amodestbudget.
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I understand that within the limits of itsmodestbudgetthat charity has done splendid work.
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