Sentence examples for had been proportionate from inspiring English sources

In 2009 the House of Lords ruled that the 2001 Oxford Circus "crowd control measures" had been proportionate.

Home Office minister Vernon Coaker, who initially claimed Kent police's approach had been "proportionate and appropriate", was forced to apologise to MPs after the Guardian revealed the 70 police officers he claimed had been injured in clashes with protesters had actually suffered from unrelated ailments such as bee stings and toothache.

Today Harris told Mr Justice Ouseley that "it could not possibly have been proportionate for the conduct committee to have effectively adopted a 'one strike and you are out for good' approach".

How could it have been proportionate?

the prosecutor's actions have been proportionate, given the serious of the alleged offences.

"A response was legitimate but under international law it should have been proportionate and precise.

Sussex police added that Katy Bourne, the force's police commissioner, had "oversight to ensure that all action taken by Sussex police had been appropriate and proportionate in attempting to resolve the complaints".

A council budget report said that the number of threatened posts had been calculated on "a proportionate basis".

The BBC Trust has also said it found no evidence that news output had been affected and that now Yentob has stood down it would "not be proportionate, appropriate or cost effective" to launch an investigation.

Pressed on whether international law had been broken, Mr Cameron added: "I'm not an international lawyer... but international law is very, very clear that use of force always has to be proportionate and civilians should not be targeted".

Far from being "Stalinist", that would have been the proportionate, liberal and sensible thing.