"a proper standard" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that meets or follows the accepted norms or rules of a particular situation or context. Example: "The company's policies adhere to a proper standard of ethical business practices."
"If you restore a British sports car to a proper standard, it will be an excellent daily driver".
Care just won't be given to a proper standard, and patients can die," said Osborne, a former director of nursing at St Mary's hospital in west London.
As Jenkins asked in his revised edition of 1813, "All are at once ready to acknowledge, that there should be a proper standard for pronunciation; …and is it not equally necessary there should be a proper standard to convey our ideas by writing as by pronunciation?" This simplifying approach was immediately copied by nearly every writing manual published in the United States.
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, professor of law at the Georgetown University Law School, praised the decision for reaching a proper standard of judicial review of administrative decisions by the executive branch.
John Healey, for Labour, welcomed the statement, but added: "We need to hear from the prime minister himself that he is determined to build a proper standard of care".
We will stand up for the rights of the people who use social care - whatever their age - to receive a proper standard of care services when they need them".
Whether the gold standard chosen is a proper gold standard is always debatable.
While abuse of discretion is the proper standard for assessing a canvassing board's actions in a section 102.166 protest proceeding, it is not applicable to this section 102.168 contest proceeding.
The lack of a precise date of initiation of the disease process, the uncertainty of which endpoint to measure for each stage of the disease, a proper reference standard, and optimal cutoff values among different laboratories are significant matters of debate.
The proper standard for attacking a person under the laws of war is whether the person has a "continuous combat function" or is "directly participating in hostilities".
The 5-4 majority decided that disparate standards for recounting ballots in different Florida counties denied voters the equal protection of the law and that there was no time to do a recount under a proper, single standard.
