Sentence examples for a disproportion from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a disproportion" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct form would typically be "disproportion" without the article "a."
Example: "There is a disproportion in the distribution of resources among the different departments."
Alternatives: "an imbalance" or "a disparity."

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A disproportion of sodium could murder me at this point".

There is a disproportion not felt with the Nazi atrocities that haunt the grandfathers in "Everything Is Illuminated".

But there is throughout a disproportion between the particulars he adduces and the generalizations he draws from them.

A disproportion of that size would surely skew the overall numbers, Mr. Wurtzel said, especially at a time when Nielsen is greatly expanding its Hispanic representation.

There does exist a disproportion between French literary genius as a whole and the children's literature it has been able to produce.

As an astute observer wrote of Clark's design in 1789, "There is a disproportion between the dome and the body of the building which must hurt the eye of every spectator".

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Doing such, MAD eliminates issues related to the possibility that a dominating element in the image affects the PCA components, with a disproportioned high variance compared to other elements of the image.

They found that if one candidate ran 1,000 more commercials than his opponent in a county — a huge disproportion — that translated into a paltry 0.19 percent advantage in the vote.

The direct consequence of CSD is consumption of ATP stores, electrolyte imbalance, cerebral oedema, and neuronal death, as a result of a prolonged disproportion between increased metabolic needs and decreased CBF, thus ultimately producing widespread cortical necrosis [ 107].

Here we confirm that in P. leniusculus, a crayfish species with a strong disproportion in reproductive investment between the sexes, the females triggers courtship behaviour by sending urinary chemical signals.

Through 153 games, the Mets have not hit a grand slam, but they have given up 12, to become the only team to have such a glaring disproportion of grand slams in a season.

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