Sentence examples for certain proportions from inspiring English sources

They were small but, upon emerging, assumed certain proportions.

Mixed with air in certain proportions, it becomes the dreaded firedamp of coal mines.

Research has shown that such alloys as lanthanum-nickel in certain proportions will reversibly dissolve or release hydrogen in proportion to changes in pressure and temperature.

Working with cancer cell lines cultured in the laboratory, scientists had observed that just as solid cancers tend toward certain proportions of cell states, cell lines in vitro also settled into a balance, or equilibrium.

The proportions of copper and tin varied widely (from 67to95percentent copper in surviving artifacts), but, by the Middle Ages in Europe, certain proportions were known to yield specific properties.

Blends of palm stearin (PS), palm kernel oil (PKO) and soybean oil (SBO) at certain proportions were formulated using a mixture design based on simplex-lattice (Design Expert 8.0.4 Stat-Ease Inc., Minneapolis, 2010).

A result would be an equilibrium with a certain proportion of tinkers and a certain proportion of tailors.

A certain proportion is supplied by natural means.

However, a certain proportion of polyps resolve with conservative treatment.

The government requires a certain proportion of UK electricity to come from renewable sources.

Culling involves removing a certain proportion of a population, but is based on concrete population numbers.