Finland's journey to a welfare state has been long, from a very modest start.

It was a modest start to what has become a steady stream of work.

Auburn's swimming and diving program got off to a modest start in 1932.

He played in 2011 as a true freshman and got off to a modest start.

This will be a modest start, and no money has arrived yet.

Since then the Club has gone from a modest start to being one of the top clubs in the country.

Given the size of the need, food and music were a modest start.

The modest start is to show a sense of realism and to focus on concrete projects.

City officials said that even with this modest start, the program helped 2,500 families to maintain housing or move to new apartments.

This is certainly a very modest start to the joint process.