But one of particular interest here rests on the concept of "proportionate responsibility".
And in choosing their target, they also gave the lie to the idea that this was some kind of proportionate response to the oppression of the Palestinians.
However, he said the new study's use of proportionate data was misleading, as in absolute terms there are more Asian and white people exposed to high NO2 levels.
"This forms an important part of her majesty's government's commitment to uphold our sovereignty against unlawful incursions with a range of proportionate naval, police and diplomatic responses.
Gradually there arose the idea of proportionate punishment, such as was reflected in the biblical dictum "an eye for an eye" (see talion).
No one doubts the importance of proportionate surveillance in preventing and detecting serious crime and terrorism, but the terrifying aspirations of a group of Whitehall technocrats cannot be allowed to trump the personal privacy of law-abiding Britons.
Aspirants seeking an "exciting" cabin crew career with Michael O'Leary's budget airline must be spectacles-free (contact lenses are acceptable) and be of proportionate weight to a minimum height of 5ft 2in.
I spent seven years as the restoration program manager and then as the science coördinator for the state-federal Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council and, unfortunately, from that experience, suspect that it is premature to draw conclusions about the spill's impact on birds in the Gulf, either in terms of numbers or in terms of proportionate impacts on populations at risk.
In July 2004, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, confirmed, "When a Catholic does not share a candidate's stand in favor of abortion and/or euthanasia, but votes for that candidate for other reasons, it is considered remote material cooperation, which can be permitted in the presence of proportionate reasons".
In fact, their last common ancestor had arms of proportionate size to its body.
These algorithms share the same characteristic of introducing a controlled mixture of proportionate (PNLMS) and nonproportionate (NLMS) adaptation.
