Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] proper " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Boothroyd said : ‘ I deprecate the use of the pursuant device by ministers to make written statements such as this without proper notice to the House . ’ |
| 2 | Finally , certain other elements that have little to do with housing per se , such as proper levelling of site and drainage , are very important for mud settlements . |
| 3 | For the buyers in the labour market operated on the principle of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the dearest , though sometimes ignorant of proper cost-accounting methods . |
| 4 | That is why it is essential that we make progress with the Bill as quickly as possible , consistent with proper discussion and consultation — not so much consultation as consideration — in the House . |
| 5 | Mr Dewar called for the setting up of a Select Committee on Scottish Affairs — it was , he said ‘ a disgrace that the Scottish Office uniquely has not been subject to proper Parliamentary scrutiny ’ . |
| 6 | Similarly , when an engine fell off the DC-10 during take-off at Chicago , the administrator of the FAA was not dismissed even though his organisation should have ensured that the aircraft was subject to proper maintenance practices . |
| 7 | Member governments continued to take a primary interest in the views of their own people , the EC was slow to make decisions and was not subject to proper democratic control , CAP was unreformed , and the Community lacked the political cohesion to act as a single ‘ force ’ in world affairs . |
| 8 | Lord Parker and the third Privy Councillor ( Mr J. A. Boyd-Carpenter ) concluded that these methods , subject to proper safeguards , and limiting the occasions on which and the degree to which they could be applied , conformed to the authority given . |
| 9 | Is the Home Secretary aware that there is considerable concern that the sort of co-operation that exists regarding the police is not subject to proper democratic scrutiny ? |
| 10 | Who could be so abominable and so foul and so devoid of proper awe that he might heave and push and grunt and pant above her parted legs ? |
| 11 | Who would be so abominable and so foul and so devoid of proper awe that he might heave and push and grunt and pant above her parted legs ? — ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Who could be so abominable and so foul and so devoid of proper awe that he might heave and push and grunt and pant above her parted legs ? ’ |
| 13 | Anyone who has waded into the clear blue waters of the Mediterranean without proper footwear may have encountered the protective covering of the sea urchins . |
| 14 | Then , ‘ once border sealed Vietminh problem would be immeasurably simpler with proper combination of military and political activity . ’ |
| 15 | It directly threatens the poor in proper jobs and in the long term does not help the poor in underground jobs either . |
| 16 | Increasingly , such a synthesis is seen as important , indeed essential for proper motivation whether at teacher or pupil level , and for the health of RE in general . |
| 17 | The phosphates used in detergents and cleaning products are useful because they condition the water to reduce scum , help to keep the water alkaline for proper cleaning and break up the dirt on fabrics to prevent it settling back . |
| 18 | In a time of rapidly changing markets , or where the true market is obscured by confidentiality clauses attached to the terms of transactions , some tenants fear that a concentration on comparable evidence which is capable of proper proof is in itself a distortion of the market . |
| 19 | ‘ The proposed development by reason of the emission of odours would represent the introduction of an undesirable use into the area to the detriment of the character of the area and to the amenities of nearby residents , therefore , being contrary to proper planning ’ . |
| 20 | The man who spotted it says it 's inaccessible without proper equipment so Mr Scales is getting through to the coastguards , sir . ’ |
| 21 | Such consultation , though a problematic and difficult area , is vital for proper service planning and is considered in greater detail in Chapter 8 . |
| 22 | The Canon Row building was too small , and East India House , in the City , which had been rebuilt by Holland in 1800 and extended by Wilkins in 1829 , was too remote for proper governmental control . |
| 23 | Disclosure of transactions with an individual related party may be made on an aggregate basis unless disclosure of an individual transaction is necessary for proper understanding . |
| 24 | But neither does he fall back on the traditional liberal solution of improving educational provision , since he has no illusions about the difficulties of inculcating the civic virtues necessary for proper development . |
| 25 | Goat 's milk , which is sometimes used as an alternative to cow 's , is low in folic acid , an important vitamin necessary for proper blood formation , and his vitamin should be added if you use goat 's milk . |
| 26 | Executive power is a little too immune from proper scrutiny … |