Example sentences of "[prep] proportion to its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the cuckoo is a bigger bird than the reed warbler or any other of its regular hosts , its eggs are unusually small in proportion to its size , with the result that there does not appear to be a great discrepancy between them . |
| 2 | If they think it is good , it is produced and paid for in proportion to its success with the public . |
| 3 | selective predators often take prey in proportion to its presence in the community , so that the dominant prey species is also the most abundant species in the community , but less common small mammal species may be unrepresented in the predator 's prey assemblage ; |
| 4 | The group least represented in proportion to its population , Sinhalese Buddhists , accounted for an even smaller proportion of sergeants than they did of the force as a whole . |
| 5 | There was almost unlimited space for Leicester to expand ; and in 1845 the commissioners were able to report that the town ‘ was spread over an unusual extent of ground in proportion to its population ’ . |
| 6 | Although stating that sentencing policy is outside its terms of reference , the Woolf report noted the difficulties caused by the fact that the UK has the highest rate of imprisonment in proportion to its population in Europe ( para 10.149 ) . |
| 7 | Today , quite apart from its scientific interest , the mule , offspring of a donkey and a mare , has enormous economic potential : as a work animal , the mule 's life is almost twice that of the horse ; it pulls more in proportion to its weight ; it needs shoeing less often ; and it can be worked in large teams without difficulty . |
| 8 | Because fruit is not very nutritious in proportion to its bulk , animals that eat it must consume a lot . |
| 9 | The Suffolk Dun , according to Arthur Young in 1794 , had long been celebrated for its magnanimous milk yield , said to be the highest in the country in proportion to its body size and food intake . |
| 10 | Departments should be supervised by Committees upon which each party should be represented in proportion to its strength in the Assembly . |