He could also understand why she resented their modest standard of living.

By the Knicks' modest standards, the trip was a success.

Even given the modest standards by which the book was published, it was something of a failure.

But using it as a model establishes a modest standard of aspiration.

The problem was that there weren't many males who met her modest standards, and most of those were already married.

The offer relatively modest standards but always clean and well managed accommodation.

The economic incentives are strong if, by some standards, relatively modest.

By that modest standard, they found about one episode of malpractice in every 100 hospital admissions.

It has 500 paid subscribers, not many even by the modest standards of literary magazines.

He is currently supported by various fellowships and maintains a modest standard of living.