Sentence examples for proportion and it from inspiring English sources

Tranquada told HuffPost that the faculty member declIned to cooperate with the Occidental investigation.

It lacks balance and proportion, and it obeys none of the normal rules of engagement.

Oftentimes the government gets a small proportion and it doesn't seem to trickle down.

Blow the song's meaning totally out of proportion and it still makes sense, because his lyrics aren't as crucial as the sensations his voice conveys.

It's just that these things do get blown out of proportion, and it gets comical (or sometimes worse) watching millionaire pundits natter on about "elitism".

Embodied impacts are a significant and growing proportion and it is increasingly recognised that the focus on reducing operational energy consumption needs to be accompanied by a parallel focus on reducing embodied impacts.

The union of great artists, writes Ms Daneman, "is a blessing of almost mystical proportions"—and so it was with Fonteyn and Nureyev.

It's a very sharp building, with straightforward spatial proportions, and it serves its function — part museum, part warehouse — perfectly".

He refused to pour concrete or anchor steel in a way that conforms entirely to the demands of its weight and gravity and proportions, and it is in this impractical refusal that he nervously--neurotically--extends himself forcibly into his work.

It is a scandal of major proportions, and it is hidden".

This is a tragedy of enormous proportions, and it has overwhelmed our normal capacity.