be proper

Example Sentences

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"There really needs to be proper 24-hour IT cover."

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025

On Monday, Sarah Dines, a Home Office minister, described the barge as “basic but proper” and said that it would send “a forceful message that there will be proper accommodation but not luxurious.”

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023

"There has to be justice for this. There has to be justice in The Hague and there has to be proper reparation in the rebuilding of Ukraine," he said.

From Reuters • Feb. 16, 2023

No farewell to Roggin would be proper without an acknowledgment of the significant role he played in revitalizing the nightly local sportscast here and elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2023

She wished for her pipe, but hours remained of this court session, and it wouldn’t be proper to leave until Georgina departed.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas