be proper

Example Sentences

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“There has to be proper security, vetting for folks coming in from other countries,” Padilla agreed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Home Office Minister Sarah Dines said it would provide "basic but proper accommodation" and would send "a forceful message that there will be proper accommodation but not luxurious".

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023

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

“We have done with that I make no insinuations about the woman, if it be proper not to do so. I speak of what airt your own judgment is to be.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White