Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] proper [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When will the Minister introduce proposals for proper labelling , so that consumers can choose food products that have been humanely produced ? |
| 2 | Books of proper stuff , like Science … . ’ |
| 3 | And then Francis Ford Coppola cast him as Sodapop in The Outsiders , the movie which launched a whole schoolroom of teenagers into proper stardom — Tom Cruise , Emilio Estevez , Matt Dillon and Lowe among them . |
| 4 | He tensed himself , joyful and afraid , preparing to turn , bow his head and then drop to his knees in proper adoration . |
| 5 | It 's increasingly difficult for the voluntary sector to make provision of this kind , to offer those opportunities without proper partnership with the state , so I do n't actually accept if you 're posing an alternative and saying that it 's either or , I do n't think that 's correct . |
| 6 | Intervals of proper time between events with coordinate separation ( c dt , dx , dy , dz ) are given by which is the metric equation for this space–time ( Minkowski space ) . |
| 7 | A check list for each category shows how providers can carry out their duties with proper regard to black communities ’ needs . |
| 8 | It serves only to put their comparison with human imbeciles in proper perspective . |
| 9 | We shall not have his own view of his archiepiscopal obligations in proper perspective unless we realize that local territorial disputes were much more likely to precipitate a final crisis than any ecclesiastical issue . |
| 10 | She and Ian manage to keep their professional lives in proper perspective . ’ |
| 11 | Aid agencies are warning that relief work in the former Yugoslavia is being jeopardised by volunteers taking emergency supplies into war zones without proper guidance . |
| 12 | They were all eating miniature versions of proper food — a sliver of lamb like a lark 's tongue , a single braised spinach leaf , a mushroom tart no bigger than a cuff-link — like guests in a doll 's house , and trying to ignore the fact that the area around their table , which might have provided space for twelve to stand at a pinch , had now about 300 people in it . |
| 13 | The corporate personnel director concerned stated a preference for employing UK search firms , but accepted that large firms could provide the resources for proper support of the assignment and following through the appointment with a form of after-sales service . |
| 14 | So some factual background will help to put consumers ' beliefs into proper perspective . |
| 15 | The Wittgensteinian model puts these concepts in proper perspective . |
| 16 | In those days research workers were expected to earn their money by being practical , and in the case of materials they were expected to confine their experiments to proper engineering materials like wood and steel . |
| 17 | Failure of arrangements for proper payment had also failed to provide BR with the overall size , structure and quality of workforce needed . |
| 18 | He covers how inspection visits are organised and conducted , the evidence the inspectors will be looking for to indicate quality control , the essential features of proper file maintenance and how to complete the pre-visit questionnaire . |
| 19 | Britain was the first country to impose fines on airlines which bring passengers without proper immigration papers ; other European states are beginning to copy it . |
| 20 | This includes sharing ‘ works ’ to inject a drug , repeated use of medical injection equipment for more than one patient , and re-use of acupuncture , tattooing , or body piercing needles without proper sterilization . |
| 21 | The great twelfth-century historian William of Malmesbury says that Æthelred deprived his people of their possessions without proper reason , and as the late Anglo-Saxon legal system is known to have confiscated property for a wide range of misdemeanours it would certainly have been open to abuse of this sort . |
| 22 | And for two years a de-icing service run jointly with the UK Department of Transport has advised local authorities on proper road maintenance in freezing weather and helped promote safer driving . |
| 23 | Such an Order may be used where it appears to the authority to be expedient in the interests of proper planning of their area , including the interests of amenity , regard being had to the development plan and to any other material considerations . |
| 24 | Second , his powers to acquire any land ‘ necessary for the public service ’ have been extended by the 1980 Act to authorise acquisitions ‘ ( a ) to meet the interests of proper planning of the area , or ( b ) to secure the best , or most economic , development or use of land ’ . |
| 25 | What was frightening was that this new mass entertainment seemed altogether outside the established auspices of middle-class culture and seemed unconstrained by any of the sanctions of proper society . |
| 26 | She had little time to care for herself , and even less time for planning and preparing meals with proper thought and care . |
| 27 | Our workshop , on Staff Development for Language Teachers in Secondary Schools , although highlighting the informal possibilities which can be developed by committed teachers operating collectively wherever they happen to be working , was not intended to weaken the case for proper provision for community languages with proper validation of the existing expertise . |
| 28 | It took quite a while to put the Americans in proper perspective . |
| 29 | He accumulated information on a variety of devices from different sources , including claimed contact with people from beyond this planet , and was able to elucidate certain basic principles , including the use of ‘ free energy ’ , no moving parts and the importance of shape , number and materials to proper functioning . |
| 30 | His own rise to fame at club level had demonstrated the superiority of management by one man over management by a group , but the England team was still selected by a dozen officials ‘ expressing their views as to the merits of players without proper regard to blend and balance ’ . |