I insisted that we have a couple of modest-sized carpets first.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soldiers Live]

The quadratic is quite capable of reducing a modest-sized city to ash.    From Wordnik.com.  [Codgerspace]

It takes a special talent and a modest-sized ego to be a good number two.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2009] Reference

He said the sculpture had inspired builders to erect more modest-sized homes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spoleto Festival U.S.A.: A Clash of Sensibilities, Now Resolved - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Everything he owned at the moment, he was carrying in one modest-sized suitcase.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tek Net]

And there are different ways that you could provide that modest-sized tax relief.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing With Mike Mccurry] Reference

For one thing, they have enough land to let their modest-sized herd graze for food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference

It should be observable that night by amateur astronomers with modest-sized telescopes.    From Wordnik.com.  [NASA Watch: January 2008 Archives] Reference

Only four modest-sized minarets exist in Switzerland, where there are 150 prayer houses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference

When he found what he was looking for, he grasped it and withdrew a modest-sized photograph.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hearts] Reference

I had not thought the place was there, to tell the truth — a modest-sized frontage in Regent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells] Reference

Thom Yorke's surprise appearance on the Park stage has left Hot Chip with a fairly modest-sized crowd.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Chip at Glastonbury 2010] Reference

Certainly, HRC's contempt for the small and modest-sized states has to leave many party leaders worried.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Would Have Benefitted From Winner-Take-All Primaries] Reference

It's a modest-sized audience, but it gives you that much more incentive to write and develop your craft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Easy Questions: James Bow, Part One] Reference

A large bronze Ambedkar now stands in the center of Lucknow, opposite an older, more modest-sized Gandhi.    From Wordnik.com.  [India: The Perils of Democracy] Reference

ARI DANIEL SHAPIRO: Rows of worktables fill the modest-sized production floor of the Vita Needle Company.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Their 90s, Working For More Than Just A Paycheck] Reference

Federal Reserve research had been unable to find economies of scale in banking beyond a modest-sized institution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Addressing Systemic Risk] Reference

That buyer sent them to another, and ultimately they won a modest-sized order from Home Depot's dot-com operation.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Dorm Room to Wal-Mart] Reference

Some sort of compromise might be more ideal — the tall towers mixed in with the modest-sized shops and restaurants.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Talking Head Dreams of a Perfect City] Reference

She led the way past two modest-sized reception rooms and a parlor to a cross corridor that had several closed doors.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Scepter'd Isle]

It is a modest-sized purchase for I.B.M., but Ilog, based in Paris and founded 21 years ago, is an intriguing company.    From Wordnik.com.  [The I.B.M. Acquisition Machine: A Seller’s Perspective - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

The first twenty minutes of the debate had been seen on the kind of modest-sized set that most of America would be using.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Election and America's Future] Reference

Dainyl followed her through the modest-sized white-plastered entry hall and up a wide curved stairway to the second level.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cadmian's Choice]

Bascom, a modest-sized man of fifty-six, was rocking in his lucite rocker a few feet from the now empty oval projection stage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tek Lab]

Earth Observation - This bucket would be for modest-sized traditional satellite-based environmental science missions and analysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [NASA Gen Y - Absent From Change.gov? - NASA Watch] Reference

Planetary and Solar Science - This bucket would be for modest-sized traditional planetary science probes and heliophysics missions.    From Wordnik.com.  [NASA Gen Y - Absent From Change.gov? - NASA Watch] Reference

"This allowed us, a relatively young and modest-sized practice, to work on interesting projects with a fantastic client: ourselves.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Profile of Vancouver architect Bing Thom] Reference

I mean, I just -- here I was coming from a modest-sized town, and one day I was shaking hands with the President, kind of like this.    From Wordnik.com.  [President Remarks In History Class Selma Ca] Reference

Twenty minutes later, I pulled into the parking lot of a modest-sized aircraft parts manufacturer tucked into a quiet business park.    From Wordnik.com.  [Andy Kroll: Unemployed: Stranded on the Sidelines of a Jobs Crisis] Reference

And I think based upon the modest-sized debris field, as debris fields go, it does suggest that this plane came down relatively intact.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Alaska Airlines Flight 261: 89 People On Board Downed Plane; Fmr. NTSB Official Discusses Investigation - February 1, 2000] Reference

But these modest-sized windowless chambers in the basement of LH2000, the annexe to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

The turkeys are not modest-sized birds, either; they average 20 pounds, Knoras said.    From Wordnik.com.  [RutlandHerald.com] Reference

Meanwhile, it takes a minimum of three years to design and build a modest-sized plant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stars and Stripes] Reference

The pirates operate out of three modest-sized and lawless ports along the Somali coast.    From Wordnik.com.  [KeysNews.com -] Reference

Even modest-sized reactors could provide affordable and almost limitless energy for all.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Online News] Reference

But they should be bright enough to observe with a modest-sized telescope, according to NASA's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Top Stories] Reference

Melanie scored a one-two punch with her diy fabric decals which renters in modest-sized apartments can especially appreciate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ohdeedoh] Reference

A modest-sized hood and aerodynamic windshield sweep back to five-spoke wheels and medium-sized doors outfitted with folding side mirrors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home - BostonHerald.com] Reference