Sentence examples for the sheer proportion from inspiring English sources

The UN panel says that the sheer proportion of the alleged crimes constitutes a "grave assault on the entire regime of international law".

Part of the reason that these elections are billed as the most hotly contested in Tanzania's history is the sheer proportion of young people in the country, many of whom want to see a new party take office for the first time in their lives.

The most noteworthy part of the latest Danish intel report may not be the sums paid out to jihadis, but the sheer proportion of those who left the country for jihad who were on the dole.

The sheer proportion of missing data is not decisive as long as the number of characters scored is sufficient to correctly place the taxa in the tree [ 54].

Leaders in the field have raised concern about the sheer proportion of pages devoted to Special Issues and the contribution of these to the proliferation of fads in terms of management topics (McKinley, 2007; Priem, 2006).

But for most people in the Bedfordshire town, the group's tiny size is in inverse proportion to the sheer scale of annoyance and distress they cause.

Mr Beynon said after the decision he was still hopeful the project would be called in by the Welsh Government, saying the "sheer scale was out of all proportion" to the location.

The color was gorgeous on her and the sheer neckline was light and etherial, but the proportions were bugging us.

One critic said of his act: "The jokes have power because of the sheer audacity of the wordplay, and a surprisingly high proportion of them are inspired, in a warped sort of way.

"Although manufacturing represents only a small proportion of Greece's total productive output, the sheer magnitude of the downturn sends a worrying signal for the health of the economy as a whole," Smith added.

The sheer scale and persistence of low pay is part of the reason we see such a high proportion of children raised in poverty coming from working families.