Capability seemed to have a direct ratio to the amount of time spent on the ground.

"It goes up in direct ratio to the number of microwave dishes outside."

A reaction drive is a weapon, powerful in direct ratio to its efficiency.

This one understeers by degrees in direct ratio to speed.

I know it would add a bit to the price, but the cost would go down in direct ratio to the volume.

Irritation increased in direct ratio to their nearness to the fence.

Life is freedom, - life in the direct ratio of its amount.

"The level of structure that people seek always is in direct ratio to the amount of chaos they have inside."

The duration of an exit visa was in direct ratio to the applicant's political reliability.

"These two mechanisms," 24of6 said solemnly, "have measurements of every part in direct ratio to their size.

"I assure you, they will be appreciated in direct ratio to their distance from their source," Quinn grinned.

An officer's promotions are usually in direct ratio to his ability, and we received our second-lieutenant's bars at the same time-remember?

The peculiarity of the acts seems to rise in direct ratio to the intelligence of the man or woman so afflicted.

He adds, "Zinsser's sound theory is that 'writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it."

His calmness increased, it seemed, in direct ratio to the story's grotesqueries and to his wife June's growing agitation.

In direct ratio, you might say."

Perfection of loveliness, they say, is in the direct ratio of the extent of this lump.

The thought of them together was repugnant and his distress was in direct ratio to the pleasure the news had given his rival.

The size of ship spas and their staffs vary considerably, not always in direct ratio to ship size.

The more civilized we've become, however, the further we've moved away from comprehensiveness, and in direct ratio we've been losing our adaptability.

I'm partial to a nice pun, and BT's image began to soar in direct ratio to the growing number of commercials on the air.

And obviously, the financial inducement was irresistible, for Achilles' Shield fees would be in direct ratio to the premium paid.

A crowd was gathering, popeyed and jabbering, and with the increase of audience, the guard's sense of importance increased in direct ratio.

I have found that my tolerance for small talk moves in a direct ratio to how long I've been awake, and today was proving to be no exception.

He's in business solely to make a profit-and his profits escalate in direct ratio to his reputation."