in direct proportion to
collocation in Englishmeaningsofin,direct,proportionandto
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in
adjective
uk/ɪn/us/ɪn/
fashionable ...
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direct
adjective
uk/daɪˈrekt/us/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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proportion
noun
uk/prəˈpɔː.ʃən/us/prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/
the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to ...
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to
preposition
uk/tuː/us/tuː/
used before a verb to show that it is in ...
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We try to get the numbers indirectproportionto the amount of education and the capabilities of the buildings.
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It really is not the case, and never has been, that the reduction is indirectproportionto the reduction of barrelage.
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If my noble friend will forgive my saying so, the attendance should not bear adirectproportionto the goodness or badness of the measure.
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I myself find that my frame increases indirectproportionto the enjoyment of my food.
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Has not the incidence of asthma and other serious respiratory diseases increased indirectproportionto the increase in motor vehicle traffic?
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The output amplitude of the system is mostly indirectproportionto the energy of the input gesture.
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Regardless of the nature of the stimulus, the variance of the responses was indirectproportionto the mean firing rate of that response.
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In both countries, the salience of the concept was a function of education, with democracy having meaning indirectproportionto a respondent's years of schooling.
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If there is anything close to a sure correlation in social science, it is that hackles rise indirectproportionto proximity to the hominid lineage.
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However, it is possible to predict an important property of their distribution: the frequency with which vowels are misanalysed as lengthened will increase indirectproportionto their intrinsic duration.
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The number and cost of soil samples increase indirectproportionto the size of the area of interest, and the data would only be available after laboratory analyses.
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They do not ask for a farthing out of the pool that is not indirectproportionto their running costs.
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But because they have concentrated on income tax, the benefit gained from the cut by individuals has been indirectproportionto their incomes.
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The amount of sickness varied indirectproportionto the extent and duration of floods during the winter.
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It is better that authorities should be charged indirectproportionto the number of presentations.
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The policy will be successful indirectproportionto the strength of commissioning and the relatively limited nature of the licensing system.
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As more and more individuals are brought within its ambit, the number of those who oppose it has grown indirectproportion.
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However, it is well to remember that their ability to do that is indirectproportionto the dependence of the economy upon exports.
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The return on the money put in is indirectproportionto the number of units bought.
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