Sentence examples for as a proportionate from inspiring English sources

But security minister Lord West defended the measures as a proportionate response.

Britain's UN ambassador, Matthew Rycroft, said Assad has been "put on notice", describing the strike as a "proportionate response to unspeakable acts".

This is state-sponsored, state-activated, state-engineered terrorism which we are just meant to accept as a proportionate response to the evil above.

With a condominium, however, individual unit owners each own their apartments as well as a proportionate interest in the building's common elements.

May described the elevated threat level and the rolling out of troops as "a proportionate and sensible response" to the bombing.

But attacking a vehicle containing Isis fighters would be seen by many as a proportionate response to the threat Khan posed.

However, these should be justified as being a proportionate way to achieve a legitimate objective," the EHRC said.

> -wrap-foot> The number of known pathogenic mutations represents a small fraction of all possible pathogenic mutations, and, therefore, the estimate that ∼ 1% of all ancestral states as irreversible is a proportionate underestimate.

Although we assessed the effect of the exclusive use of poly-carbonate plastic bottles as beverage containers, a proportionate increase in urinary BPA would be expected among individuals who use polycarbonate plastic bottles in combination with other beverage containers.

Using a staffing list as the sampling frame, a proportionate random sample of health care workers was drawn by health care worker category (stratum) to participate in the survey.

Just as TV advertising sits within a proportionate regulatory framework, so too must the use of personal data.