Sentence examples for had been improper from inspiring English sources
He denied there had been improper financial dealings on the part of Retail Acquistions.
Two years later, Carter's murder conviction was overturned on appeal; the defense argued that the instructions to the jury had been improper.
Two years later, The Washington Post ran a front-page article based on complaints by I.R.S. agents who believed that Mr. Alexander's action had been improper.
After several news reports suggested that the firings had been improper, the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, looked into the matter and sent Mrs. Clinton a series of questions about her role in it.
As the National Collegiate Athletic Association investigates whether there had been improper contact between St. John's players and representatives of sports agents, the university has contacted a law firm specializing in the policy and procedures of the N.C.A.A.
In August, he told reporters that he had received a subpoena to testify before a federal grand jury investigating whether there had been improper preferential admissions to the city's top public schools.
Several legal experts said, however, that the communications between Mr. Ensign's office and Mr. Hampton might have been improper.
Assets cannot be sold by a bankrupt company without the assent of a trustee, thus suggesting that the transfer of Ms. Roberts's mortgage might have been improper.
He says that it would have been improper for anyone on his staff to receive privileged information on police inquiries into phone hacking at The News of the World.
In the case, the government for the first time cited Cohen's participation in a trade that may have been improper.
