Sentence examples for could be proportionate from inspiring English sources
If the panel were minded to insist on a 22-day ban, he invited them to explain how such a punishment could be proportionate to the offence.
Winston's solicitor, Rory Mac Neice, spoke of his "great concern" that he had asked the panel to explain how such a ban could be proportionate to the offence, but received no reply.
The bonuses could be proportionate to the rate of growth -- more growth qualifies for a bigger bonus.
But what could be more proportionate than a carefully planned and specifically targeted attack on an admitted terrorist who boasted of being an active combatant?
The ruling stated that the surveillance was "not proportionate and could not reasonably have been believed to be proportionate".
Punishments, he insisted, should be proportionate to crimes, whose dangerousness could be measured, in "degrees," by their injury to society.
The review of the Metropolitan police's handling of the rape allegation concluded that "any reasonable investigator could properly conclude that the allegations made by the complainant were far from fanciful and continued to be proportionate and justified".
That would not be proportionate.
But the measures have to be proportionate".
What are we to be proportionate about?
