Sentence examples for is proper only from inspiring English sources

Because of this predominance, both the Republic and the present Kingdom of the Netherlands are often called "Holland"; but this name as applied to the whole country is proper only for the Napoleonic Kingdom of Holland, which occupied the territory of the old republic between 1806 and 1810.

Relation is proper only to the person.

Recently, John Turri (2013) has published results from a series of survey studies, where the aim was to determine whether speakers accept a factive or a non-factive norm: the norm is factive in case an assertion is proper only if what is asserted is true, otherwise non-factive.

Further, Rawls appears to endorse a presumption in favor of liberty in his liberal principle of legitimacy: "Our exercise of political power is proper only when we sincerely believe that the reasons we offer for our political action may reasonably be accepted by other citizens as a justification of those actions" (Rawls 2005, xlvi).

Eight courts have ruled that such searches are proper only if there is a reasonable suspicion that the arrested person has weapons or contraband.

At least seven other appeals courts, on the other hand, had ruled that such searches were proper only if there was a reasonable suspicion that the arrested person had contraband.

From the LDS: "Sexual relations are proper only between a man and a woman who are legally and lawfully wedded as husband and wife.

"An historic" and "a historical" are proper only if you use the alternative pronunciation with a silent "h".

Yes she allowed it would be "proper" but however proper it was, only certain classrooms have computers.

Water officials in Flint, Michigan were charged criminally for using flawed methodology in their studies earlier this year, so the issue of whose methodology is proper is not only a matter of concern, but a serious matter of public health.

Then f is proper if and only if | y | → ∞ implies | f ( y ) | → ∞.