Sentence examples for proper instrument from inspiring English sources

He acquired his first proper instrument for £10 at the age of 13, via an advertisement in the Melody Maker.

The proper instrument for this is reason, the importance of which al-Muḥāsibī stressed far beyond the normal practice of mystics, who often tended to emphasize irrationality and spiritual intoxication.

If there was any doubt about Lester playing a part in the birth of hip-hop because he is the black character, it's underlined when he backs young Clive as the oldtimers trash his turntablism and tell him to learn a proper instrument ("a kazoo, nigger!") "I don't know that you're making anything," counsels a sage Lester, "but I do think you're trying".

After insertion, it was unrolled with a proper instrument.

Immission-based RTC has been suggested as a proper instrument to help fulfilling the WFD requirements.

These are proper instrument settings, a suitable choice (distribution) of calibration temperatures in due consideration of uncertainties, self heating and the number of parameters in the calibration equation.

Those electronic things aren't proper instruments.

Drumming was a notional add-on, a supplement to the playing of "proper" instruments.

The proper instruments are a two-pronged fork and a forceps.

Massive Attack endure in the form of 3D, Daddy G and a proper group playing proper instruments that accompanies them when they play live.

The second level involves parents wheeling out their children to play "proper" instruments (never the guitar) for admiration and glory (their own) with regard to the neighbours.