"The Mikado" turns out to be a modest beginning for a new group.

Such was the modest beginning of a program that has enjoyed its greatest success since 1980.

Although they had had a modest beginning, the brothers began to do well.

With a modest yet confident beginning, the College has traversed a long way.

But from that modest beginning came an unusual series of investigations.

It was a modest and hopeful beginning for a village.

It was the modest beginning of a company they called the North Face.

The afternoon meetings for 50 pioneers are a modest beginning.

It is a modest beginning in the consumer dimension of financial services, where much needs to be done.

Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radically change human society and the environment.