Example sentences of "[be] [prep] proper " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily for Sandra and her two children , Anne , 16 and John , 11 , not all the clocks are in proper working order , Otherwise , she says , ‘ the noise would be incredibly deafening if they all chimed at once ! ’ |
| 2 | In other words if there be a moral burden to protest it should be well aimed , and be for proper reasons , difficult though this may be to define . |
| 3 | I do love being in proper country . |
| 4 | Status would allow operators to see at a glance which items of safety-related equipment were in proper working order . |
| 5 | Each gesture in a sequence must be carefully timed so that it is of proper value to the whole . |
| 6 | In many ways , I feel , such a policy is against proper footwork , so then , of course , bodywork becomes so important . |
| 7 | The acquirer will rely on the warranties to establish whether the business is in proper compliance with those agreements at completion . |
| 8 | The ballistic expert 's evidence was that the defendant 's gun was fitted with a hammer block safety mechanism , which was in proper working order , so that it could only be fired if the trigger was fully pressed back . |