Example sentences of "[verb] out of all [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't have to read the book , it 's rubbish , but I mean you can just say , if you remember the title , The Imperial Presidency , here was a view that the presidency had become dominant , the presidency had grown out of all proportion to the intentions of the founding fathers and needed to be reined back . |
| 2 | But normally , dismissal seemed out of all proportion to the alleged fault . |
| 3 | The fear of violent crime has risen out of all proportion to the actual risk . |
| 4 | ‘ For some children it would give them the opportunity to wreak mayhem , while other , more sensitive children would be deeply affected out of all proportion to what they had done . |
| 5 | The other characteristic is that their influence seems out of all proportion to the amount present : a little goes a long way . |