The phrase "a proper thing for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing whether something is appropriate or suitable for a particular situation or context.
Example: "It is not a proper thing for a leader to act in such a manner during a crisis."
Alternatives: "an appropriate thing for" or "a suitable thing for".
At one point, the dispute takes up the high-minded Aristotelian view that "corrupt" elements must have trajectories different from pure ones, and Sagredo points out that an Aristotelian author "must believe that if a dead cat falls out of a window, a live one cannot possibly fall, too, since it is not a proper thing for a corpse to share in qualities suitable for the living".
The coroner warned her mother and especially father, both of whom were weavers, as follows: Do you think it is a proper thing for you men to take upon yourselves the responsibilities of parents, to go and get married, and have children, and then leave them alone in the house?
What that means is that, when the Supreme Court has spoken to a federal issue in this backhanded way, and the exact same issue comes before a lower federal court in a later case, the proper thing for the lower federal court to do is to dismiss the case because it is bound by the Supreme Court's earlier action.
For generations, this two-track recruitment process, one for men and the other for women, operated on the assumption that the proper thing for a young woman was to get married and have children in her 20's, leaving career building to her husband.
"The proper thing for the family business to do is a need assessment and say, 'Despite the fact that this person is in need, does our business need that member?' " he said.
Christina Shea, an Irvine councilwoman who chairs one of the government agency boards that make up the tollway authority, said a board committee had decided that the Times article and an internal review had raised enough questions to warrant an outside look by Irvine-based Hall & Co. "We believe this is the proper thing for this agency to do," Shea said.
"It was the proper thing for us to be looking at".
The proper thing for me to say is that the stories are not political, which they are not.
The proper thing for the mayor to do was express sympathy for the dead man's family and, at all costs, refrain from divisive rhetoric.
"As a citizen, I always collaborate with the government that is in power, no matter what its position, because I think that is what is the proper thing for someone in my position to do".
