Sentence examples for be proportionate from inspiring English sources

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be proportionate

adjective

In proportion; proportional; commensurable.

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But the measures have to be proportionate".

What are we to be proportionate about?

And the measure taken must be proportionate.

That would not be proportionate.

Passion can be proportionate to scarcity.

"In a democracy prosecutions must be proportionate.

Of course, sentencing has to be proportionate.

The response to the threat must be proportionate.

But, she added, "detention must be proportionate and strictly necessary".

OFR, says the SRA, will be "proportionate, transparent and consistent".

The US is gambling that any response will be proportionate.

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