Sentence examples for call improper from inspiring English sources
So far in the technology sector, federal investigators and prosecutors here have set their sights on relatively small companies, where a high proportion of problems center on what accountants call improper "revenue recognition" -- the recording of revenue that does not exist.
In other words, no medieval philosopher countenances what contemporary mereologists call improper parts.
Distinct from these were what Peter of Spain called natural supposition, mentioned earlier in the discussion of signification, and what Ockham and others call improper supposition, covering metaphor and other figures of speech.
The other problematic area showing up in the trustees' inquiries relates to what Mr. White calls improper default servicing fees.
Kerzhakov was restored to the first team Friday after apologizing for what the club called " improper conduct".
But Paul Grobman, a lawyer in New York who represents the borrower, said he believed the collection of what he called improper legal charges is rampant in foreclosures.
Then, on Monday, Mr. Deripaska and two members of Rusal's board sent a letter to the board of Norilsk Nickel to point out what they called "improper conduct and self-dealing by Norilsk and certain shareholders".
And he called improper the plaintiffs' submissions of e-mail messages uncovered by Eliot Spitzer, the New York attorney general, who led the investigation into Merrill Lynch, and their reliance on Mr. Spitzer's conclusions in his case.
Though there have been no similar accusations in the case of Mr. Gore, he did admit discussing the mayoral race with an elderly voter as she marked her ballot, an act that a state elections official called improper.
But the S.E.C., in an amended complaint this month, cited a range of what it called "improper transactions" undertaken in connection with an investment pool run by Aldus for the state pension fund.
In especial, he distinguishes between predications in the categories of Substance, Quantity and Quality, which are proper and intrinsic, and those in the other six categories, excluding Relation, which he calls improper and extrinsic.
