Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] all proportion " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now , these things can be exaggerated out of all proportion . |
| 2 | While he considers that salaries in the City have grown out of all proportion , he is convinced that corporate managers are falling behind in the remuneration they receive . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The controversy over affiliation had grown out of all proportion , driving the party into an isolation which neither its leaders nor its members really desired . |
| 5 | The fear of violent crime has risen out of all proportion to the actual risk . |
| 6 | Greig 's 1976 , ‘ grovel ’ remark , the author believes , was hyped out of all proportion : it was only ‘ pre-match baloney ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | In some ways , these shapes serve to show how versatile the TrueType system in Windows 3.1 really is , since font rendering is perfect even when the text is bent out of all proportion — so if you 're still running Windows 3.0 , upgrade now ! |
| 9 | With this heady stuff ringing in his ears , Hoomey 's confidence in his riding swelled out of all proportion . |
| 10 | Helena said : ‘ I know I have no overdraft facility but I genuinely believed there was enough money to pay my mortgage and feel I have been punished out of all proportion . |
| 11 | The very mention of his name caused her to tremble , and in his company she had the curious sensation that her feet and her nose had enlarged out of all proportion . |
| 12 | And an education official believes the case has been blown out of all proportion . |
| 13 | erm We were playing very well at the time , Henley were n't ; they 've improved out of all proportion since Christmas and we 've been up and down , we 've played some really good games and one or two not so good . |