Lawyers for the agency said there was a "great disproportion" between qualified Hispanic officers who have applied for promotions, raises and choice assignments and those who have been promoted.

The main difficulty was the great disproportion in our forces.

Does not the great disproportion bar all comparison and inference?

Seeking solace and wisdom, I consulted Alain de Botton's new book, "Status Anxiety," and found this quotation from the 18th-century philosopher David Hume: "It is not a great disproportion between ourselves and others which produces envy, but on the contrary, proximity."

A study by Google found an even greater disproportion: average annual contributions reported by conservatives were almost double those of liberals.

The Allies lost more tanks than the Axis, but for the first time in this campaign there was no great disproportion in tank losses.

Historically, Supreme Court nominations, in great disproportion to their number, have attracted the close attention of senators, the media, and scholars.

I believe that one of the reasons for conflicts in many places throughout the world today is largely due to the great disproportion and imbalance between the global exchange of material and spiritual values.

Do you not think, Mr Zapatero, that the introduction of additional penalties will cause an effect opposite to the one intended, that it will lead to the appearance of still greater disproportions in the development of particular regions, and that this will weaken the entire Union?

In viewing this question in its full and proper light, we must hold steadily in mind the great disproportion between the personal acquaintances of even the most noted individual in Paris, and the entire population of Paris itself.