modest expansion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmodestandexpansion
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modest
adjective
uk/ˈmɒd.ɪst/us/ˈmɑː.dɪst/
not large in size or amount, or ...
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expansion
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/us/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/
the increase of something in size, number, ...
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(Definition ofmodestandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Still, amodestexpansionof day-care provision was projected to allow women to work, thus averting the feared shortage of labour in the industrial sector.
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In addition, the low level of interest rates that the devaluation had permitted was expected to bring about amodestexpansionin consumer spending.
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It will be immediately obvious that just amodestexpansionin the languages invoked would reveal many further constructional possibilities.
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A formal agreement for a relativelymodestexpansionof the existing facilities will be concluded in due course.
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Amodestexpansionhas occurred in the assisted places scheme since it was first announced in 1981.
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I accept that the report argues for amodestexpansionof the nuclear programme.
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The farmers have to modernise, and often modernisation involves amodestexpansionof some sort.
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Now, in the early 1980s, the picture is one of overall,modestexpansionof higher education but of a reduction of entrants to universities.
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I am pleased to report that this trend has continued into 1962 and is making possible amodestexpansionin the volume of lending.
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There is in this area amodestexpansionat small business level.
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This is not a political issue, merely a judgment that a moremodestexpansionis sufficient for practical purposes.
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Turning to the sheep industry, the expansion programme calls formodestexpansionof sheep production by 1970 to meet part of the small but steady increase in demand.
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It saw amodestexpansionin 1906 and a boatyard opened in 1909.
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