Sentence examples for proper takes from inspiring English sources

The company functioning as a collective stage manager then clears away, and the story proper takes hold: The time-honored tale of 6-year-old Scout and her older brother, Jem, and their relationship with their widowed father, Mr. Leonard's Atticus Finch, whose abilities as a lawyer are not necessarily matched by his parenting skills.

Variously overlapping with satellite exhibitions such as the Bloomberg New Contemporaries' super-showcase of recent art-school audacity (World Museum, 20 Sep to 26 Oct), and the John Moores Prize selection (Walker Art Gallery, Sat to 30 Nov), the Biennial proper takes up venues throughout the city, including for the first time the imposing Old Blind School.

The current debate – the Coalition talking about the need for a "tough cop" to rein in the construction unions (the technical trigger for the double-dissolution poll) and Labor talking about the need for a royal commission into the banks – fits each party's broad election theme but these issues will inevitably fade in importance as the campaign proper takes hold.

The second stomach is larger and is where digestion proper takes place.

Rent is usually cheaper there, and you can easily reach Venice by train or by bus (the train ride from "Venezia-Mestre" to Venice proper takes about 10 minutes).

Scots proper take all the important roles: Billy Connolly as a king, Kevin McKidd and Robbie Coltrane as Celtic warriors and Kelly Macdonald on lead vocals as Merida.

Proper integration takes time.

Finally, proper refurbishment takes more than knowledge of material construction and chemical compounds.

The reported main barrier was that proper communication takes time and that there are too many individuals involved (quote 11).

Proper combinations take considerable time and effort, they said.

"No, you had to pick a proper whip, take the leaves off and fftttt ffffttt".