Sentence examples for a proper apartment from inspiring English sources

Salaries in the Russian military have long been low — some of the officers here said they were paid $600 a month — but one perquisite that seemed to compensate for the pay was a rule that long-serving officers received a proper apartment when discharged.

"In 66 years I've never once been offered a proper apartment to live in, and now I'm on the brink of death myself".

They approached Robert's first proper apartment: an unloftlike loft across the street from the old Barneys department store, where he had been introduced to clothes on a whole new level.

"But if I had any foresight I'd now be the owner of a proper middle-class apartment".

He sets her up in an apartment like a proper kept woman.

"We were lucky that we found a contractor who'd worked in this building and knew what you could and could not do," said Mr. Byars, pointing out how they had added a wall and closet, creating a proper foyer to avoid entering the apartment straight into the living room.

At 5 p.m. tomorrow, the attraction is "The More the Merrier," the 1943 Stevens comedy with Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn that earned Arthur an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of a proper young lady dealing with the apartment shortage in World War II Washington.

At Ms. Streep's apartment in Manhattan, they prepared a proper French dinner, with a main course of blanquette de veau and, for dessert, a tarte Tatin.

All extra costs for travelling and keeping an extra apartment included, I still make a proper profit.

So instead of taking shape in a proper office, Avalon Partners was born in Mr. Au's Battery Park City apartment.

In 2006, renewed criticism regarding current Premier Jean Charest's limited use of the apartment led to another proposal for a proper official residence.