Sentence examples for proportionate in from inspiring English sources
The European judges ruled that the ban on him voting did represent a breach of the EU charter of fundamental rights but that it was proportionate "in so far as it takes into account the nature and gravity of the criminal offence committed and the duration of the penalty".
The FTT is on sound legal footing and totally proportionate in its scope.
The preemptive action needs to be proportionate in scope and scale with the perceived threat.
A second issue will be whether officers are justified and proportionate in "the use of force" when dealing with protesters.
It was also told to be "proportionate" in its response to violence and take due regard for civilian life.
Instead, she said, "the focus is more about disparity" and whether government is being proportionate in punishment.
Figure 1D shows that an increase in either duration of homogenization or agitation speed all results in proportionate decrease in the entrapment efficiency.
One result is that older workers have seen the largest proportionate increase in unemployment in this downturn.
A biological gradient is best described as a dose-response curve: increased treatment would presumably result in a proportionate increase in the effect.
This is a clear indication that consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, and betel nuts in Taiwan does respond to a change in price, although proportionate increases in price lead to a slightly less than proportionate reduction in consumption.
The CRS assumption states that a given and proportionate increase in all inputs in the long run will result in an increase in outputs in the same proportion.
