Sentence examples for response is proportionate from inspiring English sources

We must make sure that the response is proportionate.

One can't help but think many of them would be the first to panic, their cries of "Save us!" drowning out any pleas to make sure the response is proportionate.

Thus, the response was 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".

She said Moat is a "dangerous individual" but this is directed towards police and the armed response was "proportionate" to the threat.

The martial law declaration for the entire island of Mindanao, home to an estimated 21 million people, promptly raised questions about whether Duterte's response was proportionate to the threat or whether other motives were involved.

On the question of whether Israel's response was proportionate, Mr Blair said: "The underlying reasons are that there are groups who have decided at this moment to take steps which completely disregard the welfare of the Lebanese or the Palestinians down in Gaza".

Police say their response was proportionate; residents, that it was indiscriminate revenge for the death of one of their own.The disappearance in July of a labourer after he was taken for questioning to the UPP in Rocinha, Rio's biggest favela, highlighted a worrying rise in cases of people going missing in pacified areas.

59 more questionnaires were excluded from analysis in order to ensure that the number of responses were proportionate to staff numbers at the various institutions.

If, on the other hand, the CTD has a continuous distribution, the colony will produce a more finely graded response that is proportionate to the stimulus levels.