1.   The firm will be able to service debt and still turn a modest profit.

2.   With clear signs of a recovery, analysts are pencilling in a modest profit for the full year.

3.   Analysts are expecting a modest profit next year, though it remains unclear how Ford will recoup its investment.

4.   Anglo expects to break even by the end of the year and to be turning a modest profit by this time next year.

5.   About the only service that actually turned a modest profit last year were the funeral parlors.

6.   After several difficult years, the company has again begun to post modest after-tax profits.

7.   After years of losses making shoes and clothes, Cherokee Inc. posted a modest profit as a licensing and marketing company.

8.   Canterbury Downs in Minnesota closed and reopened, turning a modest profit for the first time this year.

9.   Charge enough to cover costs, packaging, postage and a modest profit for the reunion coffers.