Example sentences of "not a proper " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's not a proper father : he 'd rather talk to a foreigner than come and find his own son . |
| 2 | So why not a proper highlights package on Saturday night , or non-live Sundays as some regions are already trying ? |
| 3 | Until recently social barriers both kept the working-class out of suburban sports and decreed that being a professional was a kind of elevated manual labour and not a proper or respectable career for a middle-class man . |
| 4 | She ai n't got a boyfriend or nothing — not a proper one , but still a lot of boys come and see her . |
| 5 | The English rose is not a proper emblem for any political party , but for the nation as whole . |
| 6 | ‘ It was not a proper band . |
| 7 | The manner in which the Prime Minister had handled the Westland issue within the Cabinet system , Mr Heseltine told the world 's press , was ‘ not a proper way to carry on government and ultimately not an approach for which I can share responsibility ’ . |
| 8 | I was not a proper minister since I had no dog collar on and my Grace had been far too short . |
| 9 | Sheltering under the banner , or figleaf , of ‘ agricultural development ’ is not a proper stance for those who make decisions or principle , by action or equally by inaction , on major conservation issues , involving important principle . |
| 10 | Although born and bred in the country and reinstalled there for the past 30 years , I fear I am not a proper countryman ; London has dished me . |
| 11 | Poland was condemned because it was not a proper nation-state , but it was condemned for its efforts to become one . |
| 12 | What is more , radio reviewing is not a proper job for a grown man . |
| 13 | ‘ A house is not a proper home without children , and I quite thought there might have been three at least by now . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ This is not a proper conversation , ’ Miss Phoebe murmured , and more loudly : ‘ A few slices of thin bread and butter as well , Jess . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm not a proper bowler , so I do n't know the secret of swinging that old ball any more than anyone else . |
| 16 | I AM writing in response to Mr. Gage 's letter in September RW&P in which he says that there is not a proper step between the club rugby and international rugby in England and that there will be too many league matches for top players . |
| 17 | TRENT REZNOR ( for he , and not a proper band as such , constitutes Nine Inch Nails ) has often been regarded as the poor , weedy , commercial relation of Al Jourgenson and Jim ‘ Foetus ’ Thirlwell when it comes to unlistenable industrial hardcore . |
| 18 | Funny how it was ‘ alright ’ to like Alison Moyet because she had a proper soul voice or some such Eric Clapton fan cack but Andy Bell was not a proper singer because he liked to dress funny and was quite clearly in the rugger team drinking club . |
| 19 | They 've only been elected to nineteen ninety two , so they 're , they 're really , what there doing there forcing people to take some action now , because at Kathy says , she 's afraid of being left out , if there should be a , another Tory Government , so a lot of people are in the same position , they will be putting in eh , I think they just call it best of interest , not a proper application , but then if the whole lot , hundreds of us come along , which is quite likely they will , the Government will say well this proves that everybody wants to become you see , so it 's rather clever move , erm , as , as far as I 'm concerned , what 's happening with that she is eh here within the hospital , the consultant 's and the worker 's in the hospital . |
| 20 | However , any conclusion that Portugal 's rights have indeed been violated must imply that Indonesia was not a proper party to the treaty , which must therefore be invalid . |
| 21 | I 'm not a proper woman . ’ ' |
| 22 | That was not a proper construction of section 78 , which was drawn so as to embrace precisely the situation of this case amongst many others that might arise in individual cases . |
| 23 | By a respondent 's notice the bank notified its intention of contending that the judge 's decision should be affirmed on the additional ground that he should in any event have exercised his discretion under rule 12.12 and set aside the registrar 's order on the ground that it was not a proper case for service of the originating application out of the jurisdiction ; and in particular because ( i ) the bank had at all relevant times no presence in , and/or sufficient connection with , England and Wales ; and/or ( ii ) the judge should have applied and/or had regard to the provisions of R.S.C. , Ord. 11 and , had he done so , should have concluded that the claims raised did not fall within the ambit of the order and that leave to serve out should thus be refused . |
| 24 | Strictly speaking , this second is not a proper rule because it does not end with a single well defined action . |
| 25 | I 've taken out jobs that er like er St Pancreas roof which is erm a total of a large amount of money for scaffolding , but really it 's not a proper job . |
| 26 | Make sure the abbreviation used is not a proper word which you might use elsewhere in the document . |
| 27 | I 'm not a proper member of the family ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Not a proper job . |
| 29 | ‘ To be honest it 's not a proper bridge , although sooner or later I intend to build one . |
| 30 | He claimed that complaints were up but nobody ever thought of complaining when the Labour party was in power because there was not a proper procedure , and in many cases the service was so bad that people did not bother . |