Sentence examples for response as proportionate from inspiring English sources

The authorities have defended their response as proportionate.

He also expresses concern about protests growing more violent in response to anger over government cuts, but in the same interview defends tactics such as using horses to charge protesters as "proportionate".

She became increasingly tetchy when questioned about whether Israel's response was proportionate and about a ceasefire.

An inquiry into the handling of the emergency concluded that the Government's response was "proportionate and effective".

We must make sure that the response is proportionate.

LGA infants were classified as proportionate (P-LGA) and disproportionate (D-LGA).

SOX5 and SOX6 showed different proportionate responses, as SOX5 was not increased under normoxia but was increased by hypoxia, whereas SOX6 was upregulated in normoxia and this was further enhanced by hypoxia.

Any response would be "proportionate", the spokesman said.

The Daily Telegraph, which also regarded the killing as "state-sponsored assassination carried out on British soil against a UK citizen" argued that such an "outrageous act" requires a response "proportionate to the offence".

The constraints of democracy have mostly kept the response to terror proportionate.

Thus they go too far for self-defence, which only permits a response proportionate to the violence aimed at them.