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Proportion Small Supply Food Country's Size Population Small/Large

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Keyword proportion
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The country's small food supply is not proportion about the size of the population.
Correct Sentence The country's food supply is small in proportion to the size of the population.
Cloze Error Sentence The country's [[small food supply is not proportion about]] the size of the population.
Cloze Sentence The country's [[food supply is small in proportion to]] the size of the population.
Cloze Answer food supply is small in proportion to
Choices small food supply is not proportion about | food supply is small in proportion to
Explanation

Something is small/large etc in proportion to/with something else: 'Her feet are very small in proportion to the rest of her body.'

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