Sentence examples for should be proportional from inspiring English sources

It said punitive damages should be proportional to damages awarded for compensation.

Beccaria thought that punishment should be proportional to the crime and preventive, not retributive.

He said the amount of force officers use should be proportional to the threat posed.

Jacob Amir Jerusalem, March 9, 2009 • To the Editor: Roger Cohen says that Israel's response to aggression should be proportional.

Ms Bashi added: "Security measures to protect against attacks should be proportional.

The undergirding principle is that the punishment should be proportional to the crime.

A country's offer of places should be proportional both to its population and its amount of wealth per person.

Plaintiffs' lawyers tried to argue that since all the manufacturers used lead pigment, they were all guilty — and their guilt should be proportional to their market share.

Israel has the right to hit back when attacked, but any response should be proportional and governed by sober political calculation.

But James Madison fervently believed — and so argued at the constitutional convention in Philadelphia — that the Senate's representation of states should be proportional to the population of states.

Under these assumptions, we show that the optimal number of representatives in a given country should be proportional to the square root of the population.