The ideal ratio of positive to negative reinforcement is at least 5 to 1, he says.

Kudos went to an Americano with the ideal ratio of water to espresso.

With an ideal teacher-student ratio, it strives for academic excellence through personalized attention.

The ideal ratio of ships to players is 1:1, though this is usually not entirely achieved.

The ideal ratio of the period was considered to be 5:3.

In such a brawling fight, the ideal ratio of announcer talk to analyst spiel should be closer to 50-50.

Though Lilliputian in scale, Brown has an ideal strength-to-weight ratio.

Third, in politics, where the ideal male-female ratio would be 50:50, women's participation is still considerably smaller.

Our ideal ratio of children to teachers is 15 to 1, with a maximum of 20 to 1.

For modern computer-based learning, one computer for every 10 students is an acceptable, though not ideal, ratio.