Sentence examples for only in proportion from inspiring English sources

In induction, a hypothesis is "verified by the agreement of its deduced conclusion with observed facts"; it is established only "in proportion as we are convinced that the verified results could not be deduced from any other principle" ("Logic as the Science of Knowledge", Works, vol. 1, p. 329).

The same law also said defendants were liable for damages only in proportion to their role in securities violations.

Inscriptions as written records are usable only in proportion to their intelligibility.

Under Japan's Commercial Code, companies are permitted to issue shares only in proportion to their hard assets, like factories and buildings.

It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion.

Advice on how to find missing things also abounds online, but as a rule it is useful only in proportion to the strangeness of whatever you've lost.

Of course, there are external roles being played, but such roles only grow in proportion to the local willingness to accept and implement them.

The difference was not only observed in proportion of each lineage, but also in the absolute numbers.

Animals that can sniff out or spy kin can then provide food or protection to their closest relatives only, even in proportion to the blood-tie closeness.

The sign of this simplified expression depends on d Y only (change in proportion of insured aged 19 to 25 years), which for Switzerland turns out to be negative (<0, c.f. Results).

The duke will back the show, but, it turns out, only in direct proportion to the affection shown him by Satine.