Sentence examples for not proportionate from inspiring English sources

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NGN says the extent of disclosure asked for by the claimants is not proportionate.

At the moment, CSR-driven schemes are simply not proportionate to the value these companies extract from Africa and Asia.

He added: "This law is always kept under review but the point the judge was making was that this was not proportionate.

We will wait with interest to see the detail of the draft Bill, as the Tories have long argued for powers that are not targeted and not proportionate.

"We will wait with interest to see the detail of the draft bill, as the Tories have long argued for powers that are not targeted and not proportionate.

The court held that indefinite retention of DNA data from people questioned by the police but never prosecuted, was a breach of their rights, and not proportionate to the government's stated aim of using such DNA data to solve crime.

"Outsized" fines and penalties for past misconduct "are not proportionate to our smaller size", grumbled McFarlane, a plea of poverty that jars with the fact that Barclays still managed to dig deep and pay 323 employees more than £1m last year.

"The regulation of the technology is not proportionate.

A partial refund for the unused portion of the policy is usually paid, but Which? said this was often not proportionate.

It is easier to say when the benefit is not proportionate.

The third is whether, assuming that these two requirements are satisfied, it is nevertheless open to the criticism that it is being applied in a way that is arbitrary because, for example, it has been resorted to in bad faith or in a way that is not proportionate.

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