Example sentences of "ratio [prep] [noun] to [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ratio of sample to population is normally expressed as a fraction , known as the sampling fraction . |
| 2 | Across all age groups the ratio of incidence to mortality is two to one . |
| 3 | Human beings generally consider life to function best when that ratio of male to female is relatively even . |
| 4 | Furthermore it was discovered not only that the ratio of physician to population was substantially worse than for Israel or Jordan but that owing to insufficient funding and planning , 280 doctors were actually unemployed in the territories and another 120 were employed on low salaries under a local professional union 's absorption programme . |
| 5 | In composites where the fibres are bidirectional or in the form of a chopped mat , the ratio of modulus to density is reduced , but the composite is stiff in all directions . |
| 6 | Its ratio of costs to income was a miserly 40% last year , good even for a thrift ; most banks would be proud of a figure below 60% . |
| 7 | World cotton consumption was a record 86m bales , and the ratio of stocks to consumption was at an all-time low . |