Example sentences of "the proper order " in BNC.

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1 He undressed , but could not bother to do so in the proper order , to remove his socks before stepping out of trousers and boxer shorts .
2 In Anglo-American finance , it is held , the proper order of things has been reversed : finance should be the slave of industry , but has instead become its master .
3 If they were not , then , as we saw in the echoes of this theory which can be found in Hobbes 's resolutio-compositive method , the proper order of demonstration would have been reversed .
4 ‘ Come on now , ’ said Ryan to those of us huddled together in the corridor , ‘ sort yourselves out into the proper order . ’
5 His mouth opened in mute protest at this perversion of the proper order of affairs .
6 We would search for the defined pieces and then put them together in the proper order as suggested in the drawing .
7 ‘ As you can see Ace Barton gets his priorities in the proper order .
8 These planks he marked A , B , C , etc. , and all the man had to do was to sight along them in the proper order and he could not help getting the line right .
9 Where the application is made to the district judge he may , if in doubt as to the proper order to be made , refer the application to the judge forthwith or at the next convenient opportunity , and the judge may hear the application and make such order as may be just or may refer it back to the district judge with directions .
10 Yes I I think I think that is the proper order to do things .
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