• Most government regulations do not impose costs that are proportional to the size of the business.

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  • In securities class-action suits, however, the gains are proportional to share ownership.

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  • And in the Democratic primary races, delegates are largely assigned proportional to the vote, so, for example, if a candidate wins by 55 percent of the vote he or she wins approximately that percentage of delegates.

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  • In order for the NHS to work stop them competing with the corporate institutions and put doctors on a commission basis, where they are able to get very high salaries proportional to the number of times a patient has to return to get a cure ie pay them for results and not numbers.

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  • Here's the math: Forces are (roughly) proportional to the density of the fluid and to the square of the velocity.

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  • Whatever the outcome of the referendum, Sunni representation in the next parliament will rise, due to improvements in the voting system to make representation more proportional and because more Sunni groups are expected to take part in December's general election than did so in January's.

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  • Proportional-representation systems are meant to correct these defects.

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  • Although the commission suggests that a fraction (it is divided on how small) should be regional members, elected or selected by some form of proportional representation, most are to be appointees, selected for their greatness and goodness by a committee of the great and good.

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  • Those who upgrade or replace their phones before the two years are up must pay a financial penalty proportional to how long he or she used the phone.

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  • The benefits of federalism and proportional representation are widely recognised, but hard to deliver.

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  • Councillors in Scotland are usually elected to multi-member wards under proportional representation using the "single transferable vote" method.

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  • Certainly, the Lib Dems are in a weak position to demand a more proportional electoral model from Mr Cameron after this result.

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  • Assuming it has passed, there will now be a fresh general election, in December, with a more proportional system of representation, in which many more Sunnis are expected to participate.

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  • The closer you are to full employment, the more likely M increases result in proportional P increases.

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  • Of a total 500 seats (a reduction from 511 before the dissolution), 300 are to come from single-seat constituencies and 200 chosen through proportional representation.

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  • Moreover, a person's risk of coming down with bipolar disorder is directly proportional to how many relatives have it and how close they are genetically to the individual.

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  • MPs know that a more proportional system is likely to mean fewer Labour seats, so there are careers on the line.

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  • Despite the Liberal Democrats' enthusiasm for proportional electoral systems, which tend to produce compromise and coalition government, the Lib Dems are making a lot of uncompromising noise about their election manifesto pledge to abolish tuition fees.

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  • The owners value shares at less than the proportional value of underlying assets on the theory that fractional interests in a portfolio are not worth as much to outsiders.

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  • "We actually did find typewriters that did have the superscripts, did have proportional spacing, and on the fonts, given that these are copies, it's really hard to say, " Missal said.

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  • But the New Komeito has been alarmed that the 50 seats that Mr Ozawa wants to get rid of would be from the 200 in the lower house that are allocated by proportional representation.

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