modest recovery

collocation in English

meaningsofmodestandrecovery

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modest
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒd.ɪst/us
/ˈmɑː.dɪst/
not large in size or amount, or ...
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recovery
noun[S or U]
uk
/rɪˈkʌv.ər.i/us
/rɪˈkʌv.ɚ.i/
the process of becoming well again after an illness ...
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It wants amodestrecoveryso that there is not the overheating that has so often occurred in the past.
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Prospects for a renewedmodestrecoverynext year are good.
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I expect there to be amodestrecoveryin house prices, starting in the second half of 1996.
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What is needed is a return of consumer confidence, amodestrecoveryand the return of good housekeeping by the consumer.
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Without it, we shall become an industrial wasteland, and any small,modestrecoveryalready achieved will be wiped out and reversed.
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They show that the trough in manufacturing was reached in the first quarter of 1981, since when there has been only amodestrecovery.
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The latest available information suggests that there has been only amodestrecoveryin consumer spending since the first quarter.
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It is clear that, unlike some other major countries, we can look forward tomodestrecoveryin the year ahead.
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The prospect now is for furthermodestrecovery.
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Building industry output is expected to fall this year, reversing themodestrecoveryof the past two years.
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The prospect is for continuedmodestrecovery.
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The financial straitjacket that is imposed by the medium-term financial strategy will do nothing to stimulate themodestrecoverythat we hope is in its infancy at present.
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However, let us suppose that the recession bottoms out, unemployment stops rising, there is amodestrecoveryin the economy, and, in particular, restocking takes place.
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Although there has been amodestrecoverysince then, the significant revenue that came from that development we shall not see again for a long time.
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Weather conditions improved in 1984, and the economy enjoyed amodestrecovery, growing by 3 percent in 1984 and by 4 percent in 1985.
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Its support declined in the 1995 and 1999 elections, followed by amodestrecoveryin 2003 when it ran in 51 out of 103 ridings.
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After that date, there is decline for the rest of the century, and only amodestrecoveryin the 20th century.
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Since that time, the species seems to have had amodestrecovery, although the population has not yet returned to its original size.
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The party's popularity continued to ebb throughout 1993, followed by only amodestrecoveryin the next two years.
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As highway traffic replaced the railroads, amodestrecoverybegan and the community began growing again by the 1970s.
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