Example sentences of "out [prep] proportion to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This animal does not hibernate , but stores food for the winter , which means that the damage it can cause is out of proportion to its diminutive size . |
| 2 | That statement was not , in my view , ever intended to acknowledge the existence of any wider discretion than to exclude ( 1 ) admissible evidence which would probably have a prejudicial influence upon the minds of the jury that would be out of proportion to its true evidential value ; and ( 2 ) evidence tantamount to a self-incriminatory admission which was obtained from the defendant , after the offence had been committed , by means which would justify a judge in excluding an actual confession which had the like self-incriminating effect . |
| 3 | It seemed out of proportion to its surroundings , like a piece of pop sculpture on a deliberately provoking scale . |
| 4 | For the fact is that the Christians now hold a power out of proportion to their numbers , thanks to the French . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is certainly out of proportion to their actual size , but is in my view a healthy thing . |
| 7 | There were not many of them but they made an impact on the Congress that was quite out of proportion to their small numbers . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Hence , pressure groups for the disabled , the old , neglected children and so on will exert influence out of proportion to their naked power . |
| 10 | But many of these offences are serious or sophisticated crimes , with importance out of proportion to their numbers . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He would be missed to a degree all out of proportion to his usefulness . |
| 13 | SHALLOW , SELF-important , with a reputation well out of proportion to his meagre talent , Kenneth Branagh is British Culture 's idea of a modern Renaissance man . |
| 14 | The fact that he was black and a Tory gave him a value out of proportion to his contribution to the local Party , so he was frequently trotted out at functions , and encouraged to ask questions of visiting speakers . |
| 15 | We have a degree of influence in the UK which is quite out of proportion to our relatively small number . |