modest increase

collocation in English

meaningsofmodestandincrease

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modest
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒd.ɪst/us
/ˈmɑː.dɪst/
not large in size or amount, or ...
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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(Definition ofmodestandincreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Certainly, amodestincreasein the number of otherwise normal minicolumns cannot explain the emergence of autistic behavior in the first 2 years of life.
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This means with only amodestincreasein spending, our work load has nearly doubled.
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The camera phone will also incur amodestincreasein the time elapsed before the computer-vision results may be viewed.
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Second, there has been amodestincreasein beds and residents administered by the state.
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They concluded that there was amodestincreasein the risk of bleeding, but that the overall risk of bleeding is still small.
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An additional,modestincreasein the light-modulated conductance cannot be ruled out.
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These higher returns are associated with only amodestincreasein risk.
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Opening up these areas implies they have access to more food, so we observe amodestincreasein the population.
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These factors alone might have produced amodestincreaseover the 1997 results for the new indigenous parties, but they do not fully explain the actual size of the increase.
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These figures point to equivalent rates for incidence of detention for all non-affective disorder psychoses between 1896 and 1996, with amodestincreasein the incidence of hospitalization now.
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On the contrary, one can imagine the opposite view: amodestincreasein the number of otherwise normal minicolumns could produce a modest improvement in information processing power.
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The outcome was an increase of 150% in the weights which could be lifted and amodestincreaseof about 10% in the cross-sectional area of the thigh muscles.
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Union associations register amodestincrease, from 2,218 in 1951 to 5,248 in 1996.
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Significantly, the directory data also show amodestincreasein the numbers of inns and taverns, from 29 in 1797 to 31 in 1826 and 1839.
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The burden on women was only relieved with the advent of home appliances, and by only amodestincrease in the participation by employed men in domestic labour.
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That would be a verymodestincrease, and therefore it would not be surprising to discover than in 12 years there had been some advance.
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I am glad to see, however, that there has been amodestincreasein the park information activities.
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This year on balance there is amodestincreasein taxation compared with last year's reduction of £365 million.
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This shows amodestincreaseover the previous year of just under £3,000.
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