Sentence examples of "proportion" in English

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You get paid in proportion to the amount of the work you do. Eres pagado en proporción a la cantidad de trabajo que hagas.
Robert got a small proportion of the profit. Robert obtuvo una pequeña parte de las ganancias.
With every increase of scientific knowledge, man's power for evil is increased in the same proportion as his power for good. Con cada incremento del conocimiento científico, el poder del hombre para el mal se incrementa en la misma proporción que su poder para el bien.
The punishment should be in proportion to the crime. El castigo debería ser proporcional al crimen.
The proportion of sunny days to rainy days last month was 4 to 1. El mes pasado hubo cuatro días de sol por cada día de lluvia.
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