Despite the violence, legislators said they had made modest progress in filling out a committee to write a new constitution.

American officials acknowledged that only modest progress was made.

Negotiators who have sat at the table with the Chinese for several weeks report that there has been modest progress.

They have also made modest progress on narcotics control.

I think we made modest progress in three months.

There are, officials inside and outside the authority said, many reasons for the pace of the modest progress.

In almost every measure, blacks have made either modest or significant progress.

Yet there have been some signs of modest progress.

Hopes for even modest progress at this informal meeting seemed slim two days ago.

I am concerned that the modest progress we have achieved may be brought to nought.