Designers speak of the importance of proportions, and none is more important than axle to cowl ratio, essentially the distance from the front wheel to the steering wheel.
The hostage crisis has achieved an apocalyptic importance out of proportion to its beginnings.
The reign of Louis VIII (1223 26) had an importance out of proportion to its brevity.
Small towns like Manassas and Corinth, Miss., where little other than railroad lines met, had assumed an importance out of proportion to their history and population.
Even though numerous studies have shown a strong correlation between the presence of immigrants in a community and a reduction in crime, the Remembrance Project provided powerful and tragic narratives that anti-immigrant activists could use to make their case, and Espinoza's group soon took on an importance out of proportion to its relatively small size.
Although not unexpected, the importance of the proportion of susceptible individuals in the population may have important policy implications.
"Pauline had trained in fashion at the Royal College of Art and taught me the importance of quality, proportion, construction.
Thus a 23 factorial design was used to study the importance of plant proportion, the extraction method and solvent on the extraction of flavonoid.
Gunn knows the importance of style, proportion and fit, and will share his knowledge of how the runway looks can enhance any wardrobe.
