Example sentences of "out [prep] [noun sg] to their " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the fact is that the Christians now hold a power out of proportion to their numbers , thanks to the French . |
| 2 | But this class of molluscs includes not only the greatest number of living molluscan species , including those that have most successfully colonized land , but also some of their shells have a financial value that may even be out of proportion to their aesthetic qualities . |
| 3 | It is certainly out of proportion to their actual size , but is in my view a healthy thing . |
| 4 | There were not many of them but they made an impact on the Congress that was quite out of proportion to their small numbers . |
| 5 | The Sigmar representatives are very influential , and because they cast their votes for the same candidate they wield influence out of proportion to their numbers . |
| 6 | Hence , pressure groups for the disabled , the old , neglected children and so on will exert influence out of proportion to their naked power . |
| 7 | But many of these offences are serious or sophisticated crimes , with importance out of proportion to their numbers . |
| 8 | The large eddies play a role out of proportion to their contribution to the turbulent energy , both in the interaction between the mean flow and the turbulence and in the turbulent energy transfer process involved in Fig. 21.8 . |
| 9 | This left them in the ludicrous position of having to claim that , out of loyalty to their sovereign lady , they were embattled against their sovereign lady 's mother . |
| 10 | Would men , misled into fighting for a cause which , in spite of claims made on its behalf , was a war fought for the wrong motives , be eternally damned if they met their death suddenly in battle , even if they were fighting out of loyalty to their king ? |