41.   The risk creeps up in direct proportion to the weight gained, said the researchers led by Dr. Zhiping Huang.

42.   The success of Main Street bankers is in direct proportion to their people skills.

43.   The success of a real picnic is in direct proportion to the number of calories consumed.

44.   There is an old rule of thumb that arrests go up late in the season in direct proportion to the number of losses.

45.   They found that the death rates increased in almost direct proportion to the level of particulate pollution.

46.   These animals will adapt to captivity in direct proportion to how much human contact they had as kittens.

47.   They would be assessed in direct proportion to their share of the California homeowners market.

48.   This type of situation will improve in direct proportion to the amount of communication among the players.

49.   This will allow companies to manufacture products in direct proportion to actual customer demand rather than mere forecasts.

50.   Thus my talents, modest as they were, diminished in direct proportion to the gravity of the moment.