proportion in English

noun
1
a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.
the proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is rising
verb
1
adjust or regulate (something) so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to something else.
a life after death in which happiness can be proportioned to virtue

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1. Blacktop has a higher proportion of …

2. Things get blown out of proportion.

3. The paranoia's got out of proportion.

4. the proportion, retrace, it's all consistent.

5. But let's keep things in proportion.

6. Proportion the Amount of something, compared with the whole Amount that exists the proportion of road accidents caused by drunk drivers A high proportion of the students were from poor families

7. He idolised it all out of proportion. "

8. Order, proportion, and fitness pervade the universe.

9. Try to keep a sense of proportion .

10. We mustn't get things out of proportion.

11. Everything just got blown out of proportion.

12. With men it's totally out of proportion.

13. Proportion of admissible requests approved (1997-2002)

14. Weight increases in direct proportion to mass.

15. This yields: In both cases the proportion is closer to the optimal proportion than the output to the optimal output.

16. In rural areas, this proportion is even higher.

17. Things had got a bit out of proportion.

18. The proportion of regular smokers increases with age.

19. The proportion of unnecessary operations decreased with increasing time between presentation and operation with no increase in the proportion of complicated appendicitis.

20. His success bore no proportion to his abilities.

21. The issue was blown far out of proportion.

22. Thomas Bradwardine proposed that speed (V) increases in arithmetic proportion as the ratio of force (F) to resistance (R) increases in geometric proportion.

23. The law of definite proportion states that different samples of a pure chemical substance always contain the same proportion of elements by mass.

24. A lower proportion of cardiologists and urban physicians Consented …

25. Have a foreground, a background, all in beautiful proportion.

26. The ransom must proportion the losses we have borne.

27. Aren't you getting things rather out of proportion? Sentencedict.com

28. A significant proportion of newborns have a vascular Birthmark

29. Proportion of the population living above the poverty line

30. The issue was blown up out of all proportion.

31. Large proportion of xylem benefit to the water transfer.

32. Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.

33. To my eye, the windows seem out of proportion.

34. The proportion of births Attended by skilled health personnel

35. The deodorant has a high proportion of propylene glycol.

36. Women comprise a high proportion of part-time workers.

37. A large proportion of their income comes from benefactions.

38. Sediments of the Eder contain a proportion of gold.

39. A proportion of the land is used for agriculture.

40. The problem has been exaggerated out of all proportion.

41. The head is out of proportion with the body.

42. Background: A small proportion of patients referred to as 'frequent attenders' account for a large proportion of hospital activity such as ED Attendances and admissions

43. This adds up to a considerable proportion of structural support.

44. A large proportion of the students were sick last week.

45. The proportion of women graduates has increased in recent years.

46. The media may be blowing it up out of proportion.

47. Children make up a large proportion of the world's population.

48. A large proportion of the best citizens hated his despotism.

49. The whole affair was blown up out of all proportion.

50. 7 This door is narrow in proportion to its height.