He was a decent player but not exceptional to the point where he couldn't be replaced with a modest outlay.
However, even a modest outlay seems to beyond the means of Ken Bates.
A government could stimulate a great deal of new production with a modest outlay if:
What the stores sell is extremely good value, functionally designed and occasionally inspired furniture: attractive pieces for a very modest outlay.
From the general practitioner's point of view, the constraints of time are likely to be more important than the modest financial outlay for equipment.
Queens-Nehemiah proposes a more modest outlay of $80 million for a more modest infrastructure; it calls for public agencies to pay for much that the city would have developers cover.
Come to that, any Soviet spy can order himself a copy of Western Defence Revue and read all about it for a modest outlay.
Packs of tested components are a different matter, and these represent the best way for beginners to obtain a useful stock of components for a modest outlay.
But then so do many Caribbean islands and you can get to them in around eight hours and for a more modest outlay.
After the collapse the basis for this assertion was disputed, but Farrow ended up as owner of a substantial business for a very modest outlay of money.