Example sentences of "a proper " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , by making a proper Will you could well save your dependants from paying an unnecessary amount of inheritance tax ( death duties ) . |
| 2 | Yet a proper compartmentalisation of pub interiors means real choice for customers . |
| 3 | ‘ I must say Nicole 's a proper Amy Johnson , ’ said Sir Vivien . |
| 4 | Mrs Yardley had re-used a proper cake box from a city bakery ; Mrs Doran , Miss Pinkney and Mrs Clancy had used their usual cake tins ; and Mrs Feather and Mrs Venables had used ordinary cardboard boxes . |
| 5 | He 's not a proper father : he 'd rather talk to a foreigner than come and find his own son . |
| 6 | I do n't see why we ca n't have a proper meal after a do . |
| 7 | Look at all this new technology there is around now , and then tell me we ca n't afford to give everyone a proper home . |
| 8 | With no airbrake the glider will float some distance even at low speed , and it must still be held off for a proper touchdown . |
| 9 | You know that it is extremely risky to leave the choice late and that , at the very latest , you must be organised in time to have a good look at the proposed field and to get into a good position for a proper base leg . |
| 10 | Inevitably there are times and places when it is not possible to have a proper discussion on AIDS . |
| 11 | In my view , accuracy can only be assured over very short periods of time , after which the refereeing panel must receive a proper rest . |
| 12 | What the former valued as a proper earthiness and sensuality , the latter condemned as mere vulgarity . |
| 13 | She opened another door and found a proper farmhouse kitchen , large and homely , with quarry tiled floor , scrubbed table and four chairs . |
| 14 | I was neither Jew nor English nor white , or even a proper Indian or a proper Pakistani ; but my travels through Europe and stay in the USA and my near acceptance there as a living entity capable of suffering pain and enjoying pleasure had temporarily given me a sort of quasi-human status , further aggravated by those willing to be my sexual partners ; I had become spoilt and pampered . |
| 15 | I was neither Jew nor English nor white , or even a proper Indian or a proper Pakistani ; but my travels through Europe and stay in the USA and my near acceptance there as a living entity capable of suffering pain and enjoying pleasure had temporarily given me a sort of quasi-human status , further aggravated by those willing to be my sexual partners ; I had become spoilt and pampered . |
| 16 | Most people need to work their midsections regularly , and having a proper abdominal board encourages this . |
| 17 | It was a sad but inevitable outcome of not maintaining a proper balance between productivity and personality . |
| 18 | No matter which kind of ballet is being performed , it must be drawn to a proper conclusion . |
| 19 | Dance in all its aspects has proved capable of embracing the whole range of emotions and behaviour that emerge from a proper reading and understanding of the text . |
| 20 | Once an outline of the story and a general layout of the plot have been decided , they should be discussed with the composer or arranger of music whose first task may be to create a proper beginning with the overture . |
| 21 | This acceptance of the usual forms of court etiquette was first developed in a particular social environment , and it is important to comply with it if a proper atmosphere is to be established for the action which is to take place . |
| 22 | Because on the stage they acquire importance , they must be seen to have a proper purpose . |
| 23 | Massine 's brilliant use of descriptive and narrative gestures in The Three-Cornered Hat was a proper development of Fokine 's mimed dance and danced mime , first seen in The Firebird and Petrushka . |
| 24 | The various schools of modern dance do , however , usually insist on a proper discipline and technique of movement . |
| 25 | By so phrasing each paragraph and bringing each incident to a proper conclusion , Nijinska gives both dancers and audience time to consider what has been done and what is yet to happen . |
| 26 | I WOULD rather take my children into the main bar or lounge of a pub and expect them to sit sensibly and reasonably quietly so that we can all relax , drink , talk and eat in a proper pub atmosphere . |
| 27 | Basic it still is ; even so it does more than many scientific calculators , and release 2 computes faster , has a proper menu structure , EGA colour capability and is generally bullet-proof . |
| 28 | A proper discussion of a football match can not occur if one of the participants is quite ignorant of the rules of the game ; and the kind of assessment of a restaurant meal that would involve the possible insertion of the establishment into a good food guide ( or perhaps its deletion from it ) will not get very far if one of the diners does not care for the meal because his idea of a gastronomic treat is a cheeseburger and french fries ( though within the order of the burger discriminations are possible ) . |
| 29 | Indeed , Terence Hawkes has defined and defended what he calls ‘ paperback research ’ as a proper activity for those who lack the scholarly resources of the ancient universities . |
| 30 | British versions of Zapp are probably now in America anyway , finding a proper market-based reward for their talents and energy . |