modest success
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmodestandsuccess
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modest
adjective
uk/ˈmɒd.ɪst/us/ˈmɑː.dɪst/
not large in size or amount, or ...
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success
noun
uk/səkˈses/us/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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They showmodestsuccess, and social psychological theories of reactance and stigma suggest that they could well exacerbate hostile attributional styles if not implemented carefully.
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Lansbury might not have been a breakthrough for others to emulate, but the authors admit it was still amodestsuccess.
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Modestsuccesscomes at the cost of assuming a unidirectional coupled system.
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Thismodestsuccessof the pressure gradient method should, however, not disguise the fact that the vorticity method seems definitely superior for calculating higher-order corrections to the inviscid flow.
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Methodological factors such as the modest power of linkage studies to detect small effects and the high costs of large-scale genotyping are also responsible for themodestsuccess.
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I hope they feel they have had somemodestsuccess.
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That is amodestsuccess, but any success at all, however modest in this way, is to be welcomed.
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However, by national standards, the south-west has had moremodestsuccess.
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Then, perhaps, if we had any success, even amodestsuccess, at the first meeting, further meetings might follow with similar preparation.
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In other words, it was amodestsuccessstory, from loss-making to reasonable profit-making.
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They have had somemodestsuccessin other fields recently.
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Attempts have been made over the years to establish some measure of co-ordination between the two systems, but with onlymodestsuccess.
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But the announcement of this debate brought onemodestsuccess, even before its start.
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I think we had amodestsuccessin doing that.
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It has had somemodestsuccess, in that the company has agreed to limit the impact on part-time staff.
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In reality, the reform looks like being amodestsuccess.
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It is amodestsuccess, but then it is a modest scheme.
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I have hadmodestsuccessto date.
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Europe's employment strategies have so far met with onlymodestsuccess.
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