Sentence examples for to be proportionate from inspiring English sources

But the measures have to be proportionate".

What are we to be proportionate about?

Of course, sentencing has to be proportionate.

The fuel consumption rate is assumed to be proportionate to the total weight of the vehicle.

Farhadi said he was interested in exploring what people felt to be proportionate vengeance.

Harding hesitated and said the punishment for wrongdoing had to be proportionate.

The use of force should only be a last resort and has to be proportionate.

I ask if his union has a responsibility to be proportionate.

The preemptive action needs to be proportionate in scope and scale with the perceived threat.

"So they try to be proportionate and they have meetings with community representatives.

In addition, he said, the force used had to be proportionate to the threat.