Sentence examples for proper I from inspiring English sources

The oboe proper (i.e., the orchestral instrument), however, was the mid-17th-century invention of two French court musicians, Jacques Hotteterre and Michel Philidor.

Therefore, reservoir-adapted individuals would potentially be poor candidates to re-colonize extirpated populations in streams that flow into a reservoir proper (i.e., direct tributaries of reservoirs).

The t-processes with μ = 1, 2, 4 do not have a finite variance, but the distributions are proper (i.e., the density integrates to 1).

Now that we're into January proper, I feel it's time to get serious about dating.

Yet she claims not to be Cambridge proper: "I was no Stephen Fry.

Before heading to Timika proper I stop at the nearest police post to have my travel permit stamped.

"I hope that if I receive proper compensation, I could run my own tea shop.

I attached my baby to my breast as often as possible; I had proper nutrition; I spend a lot of time with her and slept beside her.

First proper boyfriend I had, I nearly killed him.

I was proper angry; I even scared myself".

2.53pm: Right, I'm proper bricking it.