Sentence examples for proportion against from inspiring English sources


The phrase "proportion against" is not correct and not commonly used in written English. Instead, you could use the phrase "in proportion to" or "in proportion with." For example, "The size of the reward increased in proportion to the difficulty of the task."

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But how does this add up to rage, hysteria, or indeed to what Mr. Bruckner has called "this hatred, out of all proportion, against him"?

Mr Morsi's supporters cite dubious polls to claim that some 69% of Egyptians back their campaign, despite abundant evidence that opinion is stacked in just about that proportion against them.

Most important, the report drafted by Hutchinson concluded that the colonies must be encouraged to establish "a Union of His Majesty's several governments on the continent, that so their councils, treasure, and strength may be employed in due proportion against their common enemy".

We plotted this proportion against the per capita gross national product (GNP) for the country in which the study was conducted.

A favorable result that shows the income holding a strong proportion against total obligations can work for the proposed borrower seeking loan acceptance.

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The quiet one is insulated against outside sounds and proportioned against echo.

Wright's team followed expected defeats against the world's top two one-day international teams with a third loss of similar proportions, against opponents they were favourites to beat.

Just when it seemed that a golden summer of sport was over and its immortal feats had been consigned to history, Europe's golfers produced one of the highlights of an astonishing year on Sunday by retaining the Ryder Cup with a comeback of epic proportions against the United States.

To the judo arena, where Gemma Gibbons is involved in a match of epic proportions against reigning world champion Audrey Tcheumeo.

The comedian and talk show host went on a rant of epic proportions against the self-styled 99%, linking their grievances against the country's economic imbalance to what he thinks is a generation of kids raised too softly by their parents.

The P-values of the intervals were calculated by ranking the empirical proportions against the random sampling.

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