How To Use Portion In A Sentence

Depending on the size of your pippy bag, the proportions will be all wrong, and it will look a bit like a three-dimensional stick person with a huge bloated hydrocephalic head, but don't worry about that. Hooting Yard
In most island arcs only a relatively small proportion of the individual volcanoes actually rise above sea level.
It was then allowed to recover on the stringer in deeper water before being returned alive to grow on to even larger proportions.
Though her color palette has brightened over the years and animal heads have shrunk a bit from cartoonish proportions of earlier years, her distinctive style soft paintings she calls "cutes" and her choice of subject NYT > Home Page
The King looked at him and seeing him to be yet comelier than his daughter and goodlier than she in stature and proportion and brightness and perfection, said to him, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

The 32-year-old actress spent a large proportion of the week playing cat and mouse with the press.
Manage the P & L for the Consulting portion of a portfolio of Fortune 500 clients News - chicagotribune.com
Ye same did rede a portion of his "Venus and Adonis," to their prodigious admiration, whereas I, being sleepy and fatigued withal, did deme it but paltry stuff, and was the more discomforted in that ye blody bucanier had got his wind again, and did turn his mind to farting with such villain zeal that presently I was like to choke once more. 1601
The monopoly in politics, or bossism, may possibly be abolished by direct legislation or by proportional representation.
_Phyllocactus_ in having the branches dilated into the form of fleshy leaves, but differ in haying them divided into short truncate leaf-like portions, which are articulated, that is to say, provided with a joint by which they separate spontaneously; the margins are crenate or dentate, and the flowers, which are large and showy, magenta or crimson, appear at the apex of the terminal joints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
She plays Silly, a Nova Scotian seasprite of girl who is the subject of a marine tragedy of, er, Titanic proportions.
A neighbourhood patrol can thus assume the proportions of an armed convoy.
The name is dowitcher. article in Monday's Calendar section about the Coachella Music and Arts Festival said Paul McCartney played a portion of Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady. Undefined
A stimulant action on the parasympathetic portion of the oculomotor nucleus (third cranial nerve) is responsible for pupillary miosis.
The human population in the region is expanding in inverse proportion to the wildlife.
But to be fair to him, he kept his aplomb and asked me, with great seriousness, if the representation was a true and proportionate likeness. GALILEE
It is found that the government bond is in low proportion. This will weaken the Central Banks currency control in depression and capital disposal.
A large proportion of old people live alone.
This is just the ground-based portion of a multilayered missile defense system, which will eventually include space-based and sea launched intercepts.
The calorie counts are given after each item, and all the portions are average size unless exact measurements are stated.
California passed a law 20 years ago decreeing a proportion of cars would have to be electric powered.
The researchers needed to show whether the larger portions had been making people fatter, he said. Times, Sunday Times
It was not unknown for an unexploded portion of an old charge to remain dormant but active for years under such conditions.
The investigation into the air crash would inevitably apportion blame to certain members of the crew.
Nothing wrong with that especially when the resulting outcome is something bordering on a religious experience of aural ecstatic proportions.
We're looking at a very narrow portion of AECL, which is commercial services, which provides knowledge-based services to the industry. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
But when a rival dad challenges his title, it leads to a roadside competition of epic proportions.
It was one of these dishes that are a tasting menu in and of themselves, giving you the sensory pleasures of a voluptuous feast - only in tiny, manageable portions.
The current yield is the portion generated by coupon payments, which are usually paid twice a year, and, it accounts for most of the yield generated by corporate bonds.
Madalena had been married to Ana's deceased brother, Luis, and Ana claimed that she had a right to a portion of his estate.
We opted to share a portion of raspberry crème brûlée with cream which tasted absolutely fabulous, full of raspberries with crisp caramelised sugar and rich cold cream.
She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life.
The boat was captained by Bob and his wife, Mary, whose mission was to feed everyone up until they matched her husband's giant proportions.
Hence it appears, that Cyphers put on the Right - hand of whole Numbers, do increafe the Value of thofe Numbers in a decuple (or ten-fold) Proportion: The Complete Measurer: Or, The Whole Art of Measuring. In Two Parts. The First Part Teaching ...
However, it would not be until 2008 before portions of the port became operational.
It consists of a base, directly continuous with the base of the anterior horn, and a neck or slightly constricted portion, which is succeeded by an oval or fusiform area, termed the head, of which the apex approaches the posterolateral sulcus. IX. Neurology. 3. The Spinal Cord or Medulla Spinalis
However, such interaction is more effectively used in the drinking stimulus portion of the scenes than in the sensitization portion.
There are now believed to be only 12 places in the country where the fritillary thrives, and Cricklade North Meadow has the highest proportion of the blooms.
An unstated portion of these gains were in part-time employment.
Having access to big portions can override our natural sense of fullness.
Workingparent guilt can assume draining proportions in such situations.
I believe that they split the revenue according to the proportion of artists who are selling stuff in conventional marketplaces.
They make a modest portion look generous. Times, Sunday Times
And Archimedes proved from his axioms on the lever that two unequal weights balance at distances from the fulcrum that are inversely proportional to their weights.
fey" -- at least so our chief engineer remarked to me, and he has some reputation among the Celtic portion of our crew as a seer and expounder of omens. The Captain of the Polestar
Tanning experiments carried out with the chromium, iron, aluminium, and calcium salts of Ordoval G yielded leathers which possessed proportionate characteristics of either kind of tannage to the extent to which either material was present. Synthetic Tannins
Managerial and middle-class occupations are over-represented in its ranks, while the working class is proportionately under-represented.
Ergot also had a history of medical use—as a labor-inducing drug that, according to one nineteenth-century physician, “expedites lingering parturition and saves to the accoucheur a considerable portion of time.” MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION
During the daytime, the snowcover reflects a significant portion of incoming radiational energy skyward or spaceward. USHCN Minimum Temperature Trends « Climate Audit
The projection of future demand, normally to supply the independent portion of demand such as customer or interplant orders, based on past history and known market changes.
Both low-price carriers attribute a substantial portion of the increase in traffic to people who have previously not considered air travel.
In 1869 he was appointed vicar-forane for the eastern portion of the diocese. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
Violent crime is reaching epidemic proportions in some cities.
Aren't you getting things rather out of proportion?
Incentives may be aimed directly at individual doctors such as capitation payments, caps on fee-for-service income, and target payments for screening set proportions of a population.
The result is that a large proportion of the elderly are solely dependent on the basic state pension, with supplementary benefit.
At present the apportionment is as follows: Church extension, 10 per cent; annual conferences, 36 per cent; and the financial Religious Bodies: 1906
The lararium was deserted; the gynoecium was still, as in the Roman time, the favoured apartment of the female portion of the household, and indeed bore the same name [8], and with the group there assembled we have now to do. Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 01
The principle of proportionality - do not use a sledgehammer to crack a nut - is straight forward logic.
The language is necessarily tortured in describing the 18,225 electronic scratch-ticket machines that would be apportioned according to a formula in the initiative.
Rolled out from semolina flour and local eggs, and layered with tangy tomato sauce and winy beef short ribs, the dish is served in a portion that suggests it be shared. Tom Sietsema on Casa Nonna: Latest Italian offering lands in Dupont Circle
How well all its accessaries, all its decorations, are proportioned and harmonised -- growing lighter as they rise higher. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847
No. (2) The term spice means any aromatic vegetable substance in the whole, broken, or ground form, except for those substances which have been traditionally regarded as foods, such as onions, garlic and celery; whose significant function in food is seasoning rather than nutritional; that is true to name; and from which no portion of any volatile oil or other flavoring principle has been removed. Home Ec 101
It is however possible to compress the cell packs subsequent to their formation and prior to inserting them into their final container to expel at least a proportion of their electrolyte which will reduce the amount of electrolyte which needs to be gassed off in the finished cells.
And the meetings, they were never portioned off so that from 10 to 11 we'd have a meeting, they were just kind of free-flowing as I mentioned, and they would go all over the place.
One of these unassigned elements from the upper portion of the pit at the level of the house floor is charred, probably as a result of the burning of the house.
Misuse of alcohol and drugs are key factors behind offending by veterans and a high proportion of crimes are linked to domestic violence. Times, Sunday Times
She could recite large portions of Shakespeare.
Kepler's third law of planetary motion says that the square of the planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of its semimajor axis.
I shifted slightly, uncomfortably; the chair was built for different proportions.
As to the money raised by local subscription, no definite apportionment has yet been made but we understand that Woodhouse will receive a good round sum.
Rather than ask parents that question, McDonald's is going to fill its Happy Meal boxes with apple slices and reduce the French-fry portions starting in September. Under Pressure, McDonald's Adds Apples to Kids Meals
This shows countries drawn as geometric blocks whose size is proportional to the nation's total GDP.
In warm light colours also warm body colours make themselves felt in a pleasant way, whereas the low proportion of short-wave radiation of these light sources more or less kills cold colours such as bluish green, blue and purple. 2. Elements
Every month you send the agency a single payment that is portioned out to each of your creditors until your debts are paid off.
For more precise proportions, measure your neck size right below your Adam's apple with measuring tape.
To serve, place a portion of the wheat berry salad over some of the baby spinach.
Although not in a significant proportion, seeds produced by selfing often show a bimodal weight distribution, with about one-quarter of seeds lighter than others (data not shown).
Not one of them knew which portion of the bracken was to be his own. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon
The lower portions of the bookcase doors have panels of crotch mahogany set within cross-grained and mitred satinwood surrounds.
It often happens after the circle of bark has been removed, a small portion of the inner bark adheres to the alburnum.
In plants, retroelement DNA accounts for a large portion of the repeat fraction.
The medial and lateral portions of the tendon of the Quadriceps pass down on either side of the patella, to be inserted into the upper extremity of the tibia on either side of the tuberosity; these portions merge into the capsule, as stated above, forming the medial and lateral patellar retinacula. III. Syndesmology. 7b. The Knee-joint
In some instances the protruding parts assume large proportions, but always, because of the relationship between the fibular tarsal bone (calcaneum) and the tendon sheath, the larger protrusion is situated mesially. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
A dense wood will have proportionally more elasticity and resistance, but also a greater margin of shrinkage and swelling.
After the lapse of a fortnight, Hepburn, candidate for congressman-at-large, declined to accept because "it is quite apparent that a very large portion of the Republicans, owing to the unfortunate circumstances which have come to light since the adjournment of the convention, are not disposed to accept its conclusion as an authoritative utterance of the party." [ A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
Relative to self-pollination, outcross pollination results in greater proportion of flowers setting fruit, and greater proportion of ovules yielding seeds per fruit.
Molecular absorption spectra are observed in the infrared and microwave portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum.
At the moment a large proportion of motherhood seems to be spent worrying about the fact that Tommy still can't manage to get up into a sitting position on his own.
With their proportionally short wings, long legs with robust femora, and large, robust feet (Bennett 2001), azhdarchids were likely to have been even better suited for terrestrial foraging than most other pterodactyloids. Archive 2006-04-01
Tim Holden won his last race with 51 percent in a newly reapportioned district against another incumbent.
The power to apportion responsibility under the Law Reform Act 1945 afforded a far more appropriate tool for doing justice than the blunt instrument of turpitude.
Roast suckling pig might evoke the same lip-smacking if it wasn't such a chintzy portion.
I profess, mistress, your plottie is excellent, ever since I taught you to mix the spices in the right proportion.” Saint Ronan's Well
The four that can attain this mark, because they depend solely upon the intrinsic properties of ideas, are resemblance, contrariety, degrees in quality, and proportions in quantity or number.
Bronze idol of Ganapathi, with finely proportioned torsos and exquisitely designed limbs is a cynosure of all eyes.
When in a position allowing of direct examination, the contused portion of the nerve sometimes developed a palpable fusiform thickening, manipulation of which might give rise to formication in the area of distribution -- a favourable prognostic sign. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
Olestra has an extraordinary avidity for certain fat-soluble substances, far exceeding what one would expect based on the fat substitute's proportion of the diet.
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Current research shows that diabetes has reached near-epidemic proportions.
A high proportion of five-year-olds have teeth in poor condition.
Another very common form of interaction between socially disproportionate individuals was that between Roman patricians and their freedmen.
Members of the Monodactylidae family are marine fish that spend a portion of their lives in fresh or brackish water.
Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Ireland.
My answer was the Black Death chopped population way down so that not until Galileo's generation was there as many Europeans as in Oresme's time and, if brilliant scientific minds are a constant proportion of the whole, never until then was there a "critical mass" of scientific thinkers. March 25th, 2009
Carl, a reckless billionaire adventurer, has financed an expedition by an expert spelunker and diver named Frank McGuire Richard Roxburgh, to chart the unexplored portions of Esa'ala and discover a previously uncharted route through Esa'ala and back to the ocean coast. Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Sanctum
At one stage she was wrestling with Jenna when Barbara leaped from atop the ropes to deliver a smackdown of epic proportions.
Keep your abs tight, your back flat and your hips rearward - as if you're squatting - during the standing portion of the workout.
Betwixt the gracylament of the foote and the cuppe, it was knitte together with a handle of inestimable workemanship, and in lyke manner the foote and the bowle were of an excellent anaglyphie of foliature, monsters and byformed Scyllules, so exquisitely expressed, as could be imbossed, chased, or ingrauen by proportionate circulation. Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame
A celebrity, the Zu-Zu, the last coryphee whom Bertie had translated from a sphere of garret bread-and-cheese to a sphere of villa champagne and chicken (and who, of course, in proportion to the previous scarcity of her bread-and-cheese, grew immediately intolerant of any wine less than 90s the dozen), said the Cecil cared for nothing longer than a fortnight, unless it was his horse, Forest King. Under Two Flags
-- This form of quittor has its origin more often than not in contusions, punctures, or wounds of the region severe enough to cause death of a small portion of the tissues. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
From that perch, one's picture of the cosmos grows to galactic proportions, dwarfing any prior world view and yielding a perspective transcendent beyond imagination.
In fact, the great plutonic action is confined to the central portion of the island; there, rocks of the trappean and volcanic class, including trachyte, basalt, and tuffs and agglomerates associated with streams of lava, have made this a land of supernatural horrors. Journey to the Interior of the Earth
Voting will be by means of proportional representation with the number of seats a political party gets corresponding to its overall share of the vote.
The last and the real cause of their impenitence is the state of sin which they freely chose as their portion on earth and in which they passed, unconverted, into the next life and into that state of permanence (status termini) by nature due to rational creatures, and to an unchangeable attitude of mind. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
A local armistice suspends operations between certain portions of the belligerent forces or within a designated district of the theater of operations.
The windows are surmounted by rusticated wooden jack arches with superimposed keystones, and a heavy modillion cornice crowns the bold Georgian proportions of the facade.
Of course, a basic corollary of the theory is that deep drilling should uncover a portion of these massive methane resources.
Already a superstar in his lifetime, since his death in 1982, his stature has grown to mythic proportions.
Lastly, this is the simplest transition yet disclosed from the succinyl to furfural grouping, being effected by a regulated proportion of oxygen, and under conditions of reaction which may be described as of the mildest. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
The back portion of the hardware store was devoted to guns and fishing tackle.
In this election, as in the last, almost every female candidate would have to be elected for the assembly to reach proportional representation.
Lose weight more quickly than ever before, because a larger proportion of the calories you consume will remain undigested; 3.
Again, the only real cure to this neurosis, which is apparently taking on apocalyptic proportions, would be for him to feel good about himself.
Given that rich people consume a smaller portion of their income, they’ll end up paying a smaller percentage of their income in excise taxes. Matthew Yglesias » Somewhat Popular Deficit Reduction
The anterior and posterior portions of the corpus callosum curve sharply downwards to form its genu and splenium, respectively.
Finally 100 grams of whiting, dry and sifted, are mixed with 5 grams of pulverised supertartrate of potass; this new powder is dissolved in a portion of the above described liquid, in sufficient quantity to form a paste of the proper consistency to be spread with a pencil on the article or part to be gilded. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets
In some areas the proportion is much higher. Times, Sunday Times
Tall, well proportioned, and always well dressed, he carried himself in polite society with dignity and courtliness. A Country of Vast Designs
Carapace width does not vary within a molt and is proportional to the length of the males' raptorial forelimbs, which they use in attacking other males.
His expenditure on pleasure and luxuries is rather high in proportion to his income.
The glass should be well "bedded" down to the sash bar, in putty containing a portion of white lead, and well secured with small iron nails or glaziers points. Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings
In all appearance it is impregnated with nitre, if not with something more mischievous: we know that mundic, or pyrites, very often contains a proportion of arsenic, mixed with sulphur, vitriol, and mercury. Travels through France and Italy
In the opening portion of the dance, Tuson and Olson dramatize a legend in which the wind is freed from its confinement by a bear.
The proportion at the required level has stuck at 75 per cent in English for the third year running.
After all, planetesimal sized portions of the Solar System cannot be considered to be orbiting the Earth, except in the obvious case of the Moon.
Gene trees in which the observed substitutions were apportioned to the various branches of the tree by phylogenetic algorithms provided the inferred substitutions on each green or nongreen branch.
The portion in front of the genu is termed the frontal part, and separates the lentiform from the caudate nucleus; the portion behind the genu is the occipital part, and separates the lentiform nucleus from the thalamus. IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
Finally, still other portions of this same Mycenaean wall show on the outside a near approach to what is called ashlar masonry, in which the blocks are rectangular and laid in even horizontal courses. A History of Greek Art
Ingrid frowned again as she buttered her roll and scraped a portion of blackcurrant jam on it. COVER STORY
He schleps your bags upstairs and helps to keep values in proportion along the Italian Riviera.
They are very nice examples of the gothic form, employing noble materials, good colour and detailing, and in edifying proportions. Solemn Mass at Ss. Gregory and Augustine Oratory, St. Louis Abbey
A large proportion of our researchers are therefore unlikely to make major contributions to the literature of their research area.
We've got lots of singles that get together and they do the four-meal column but divide it up into eight so they end up with eight half-size portions for themselves.
The court ruled that the DNR, which oversees the lower portion of the federally protected riverway, had no authority to overturn the city of Lakeland's approval of the project. News
She must have been a terrible malefactor indeed if her crimes are in proportion to her penalty.
The open portion of her wound had granulated successfully.
Wash the sprouts well, put equal portion in kachori with cottage cheese and tomato dices.
I also like that it tends to be a family-style dessert, baked in a big casserole dish or a loaf pan and and portioned out into both big and small servings. Individual Nutella Bread Puddings | Baking Bites
Yeremi, in his bubble, likewise cannoned askew into the occipital portion of the head.
The proportion rises to 19% by the time they finish primary school. Times, Sunday Times
His success is in proportion to his effort.
A fork structure of a subcutaneous blood vessel is used as the portion which is to be detected, for example.
Adaptive passband equalization filtering comprises in addition to a non-iterative portion, an iterative filtering portion to suppress longer-delayed post-ghosts.
A large proportion of the money they borrowed was to cover interest and the cost of loan insurance, which would protect the loan if the couple lost their jobs.
In multiple display environments where no display contains any portion of the specified window, the display closest to the object is returned.
The proportion of children passing Ordinary and Advanced level examinations is positively correlated with social class.
They had microwave ovens where he was able to heat up a portion of hot food to eat in the car.
Morphing fasteners are produced with alloys like nitinol, a shape-memory material, to place or withdraw the catch portion of the locking mechanism.
The tube contains toroidally shaped rings within the maximum diameter portions of the corrugations in the tube wall.
Schanzer's language bias is clearly demonstrated when he says that the "United Nations General Assembly partition plan ... endowed the Palestinian Arabs with a state that included an expanded Gaza strip, the West Bank, and much of the northern territory. [emphasis added]" How considerate for sure, to be "endowed" with only portions of your own homeland, while a minority of the population, immigrants at that, is given a majority of the land. Book Review - Hamas vs. Fatah
AP - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate. Undefined
For example, an input may be priced at above marginal cost in a situation where there are variable proportions in production.
In canines and molars, this line is present closer to the incisal/occlusal part of the enamel, with only a small portion of prenatally formed enamel present PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
The captain paced restlessly up and down, pausing occasionally to survey the vagrant smoke wisps and to trace them back to the portions of the deck from which they sprang. THE SEED OF McCOY
I was served a very generous portion and it was delicious.
You should shoot for a three-ounce portion of lean meat, which is equal in size to a deck of cards.
The portion of the Subeshi cemetery excavated in 1992 consisted of some 40 low stone cairns covering burials set on wooden beds.
Proper knowledge of what foods to feed in the proper proportions.
He had nothing to tell them regarding the preciousness of water and the apportionment of supplies... given they were in their sane minds. HAMMERFALL
There was general dulness throughout the lower part of both, with the exception of a small space at the inferior angle of the left scapula, where pectoriloquy was distinctly heard, from which was concluded the cavernous state of a portion of that lung. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners
Repairs can be acceptable provided the proportions are not destroyed.
I was actually expecting Princess Lover to be terrible, mainly because of the name, as well as the number of overgenerously proportioned females featured in the promo art. Anime Nano!
The pressure of a gas is ( directly ) proportional to its absolute temperature when volume remains constant.
Tour promoters typically hand over a portion of the tickets to the artists to sell directly to diehard fans before they go on general sale. Times, Sunday Times
The long, narrow proportions of the 2,600 sf Patisserie is reinforced by a floating ceiling running the length of the interior, drawing the patron in from Queen Street to the depths of the kitchen.
My portion of braised veal trotters seemed to have been overbraised by a week or two, and the lamb sausages tasted faintly of gas, as if they'd been blasted with a blowtorch.
One must assume that a significant portion of these are illegal aliens.
Some time about the year 1827, two sturdy lads, tall and well proportioned but clad in homespun and barefooted, came to "Dryden Corners" from the South Hill neighborhood, driving an ox team and bringing to market a wagon load of pine shingles which they had shaved by hand. Living in Dryden: June 2004 Archives
It is then left to stand about six hours, when the mass, or marc, as it is called, is put into a coarse bag and pressed; more water is then poured over the marc, which is again pressed, till as much water has been added as will make the proportion in all four gallons of water to ten pounds of fruit. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
In recent years, a substantial proportion of grants have remained unspent and recouped by the Exchequer.
You spend a disproportionate amount of your time on sport.
Furthermore, with the spine as the line of symmetry, ‘right’ and ‘left’ sides are proportionally equal, but inverses of one another.
The projection of future demand, normally to supply the independent portion of demand such as customer or interplant orders, based on past history and known market changes.
The Pontus desk (image below) is a generously proportioned partner desk combining walnut, oak and painted finish with cable management system and hidden router/hard drive storage built-in.
The long vista is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet, the world about you----people, thoughts, emotions, pressures---are now fitted into the larger scene. Everything assumes a fairer proportion. And here is the beginning of wisdom.
SCAPIGERUM D. C.: but that ought to have no aristae to the achenium: here the awns are very stout in proportion to the size of the capitulum.] 1ST MARCH. — Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
The proportion of malaria-susceptible primigravid women did not change consistently over the time of the study. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
They may be content to put up with a certain proportion of customer complaints for a given volume of business.
I think the majority of those that sleepwalk is fairly harmless and quite normal actually, but there are a proportion that do injure themselves falling down the stairs.
Euclid wished to discover whether there existed a simple geometrical proportionality between the apparent size of equal and parallel lines and their distances from the eye.
Supposedly a speciality in Naples (where it goes by the name pizzelle fritte or montanare) the pizza-maker rolls out a small portion of dough and fries it on a pan in a smattering of olive oil, occasionally covering the pan until the dough is crisped. Slice
He drew 6,000 people to the Main Line Wynnewood train station on Saturday as he whistle-stopped his way across the southeast, south central portion of the state. What to Watch When You Are Watching the Pa. Returns - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
The Arteria Profunda Linguæ (ranine artery; deep lingual artery) is the terminal portion of the lingual artery; it pursues a tortuous course and runs along the under surface of the tongue, below the Longitudinalis inferior, and above the mucous membrane; it lies on the lateral side of the Genioglossus, accompanied by the lingual nerve. VI. The Arteries. 3a. 2. The External Carotid Artery
The government too had to be blamed as a portion of the lake was allotted for sale.
The constant of proportionality was taken to be a universal constant of nature.
The portion of the brain that processes visual input and interprets the messages that the eye sends is called the visual cortex.
We are unjust people (having imaginary arguments strikes me as a bit lacking in proportion, not so mention meagerness of world), and so we are continually confused into failing to give unto each thing its due. Fairness and Justice « Unknowing
Although the term stocks suggests finiteness (which is ultimately correct), the accessible portion depends on technology and on the future demand for that resource. Chapter 9
My sense of proportion left me; my judgment took on the grotesque exaggerations of a cruel cartoon.

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