Sentence examples for have been improper from inspiring English sources

The Met said in a statement that this sharing of information would have been "improper".

It would have been improper and illegal to have done so".

In the case, the government for the first time cited Cohen's participation in a trade that may have been improper.

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.

Some of the accounting "adjustments" made to enhance Dewey's fiscal picture during and after the financial crisis may well have been improper.

Yes, there had been improper use of corporate funds by certain company officials.

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.

"Pre-settlement discussions" or "protected conversations" become both legal and inadmissible in unfair dismissal cases unless there has been "improper behaviour".

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.