Sentence examples for very propriety from inspiring English sources

"And in the end she beat the French woman by possessing the very propriety the film seemed to reject," explained Poirier.

Then, especially as the very propriety of Bach on the piano was being questioned by the new early-music orthodoxy, Ms. Argerich's performance seemed willful, wildly individualistic and incomparably exciting.

For generations, the Avon Lady has been the very model of propriety, all smiles and soft sell as she hawks beauty products to friends, colleagues and neighbours.

New York marks a new era as Condé Nast is confirmed as skyscraper's main tenants For generations, the Avon Lady has been the very model of propriety, all smiles and soft sell as she hawks beauty products to friends, colleagues and neighbours.

Like the butler in "Remains of the Day," the narrator of "Orphans" -- one Christopher Banks -- speaks to us in a precise, slightly detached voice that seems the very embodiment of English propriety and circumspection.

He's creating a night club act for the wealthy but dissatisfied Henri Max von Essenn) whose very respectable parents demand propriety at all times.

Nevertheless, its fluorescent proprieties were very similar (if not identical) to the synthetic form (excitation/emission maxima = 575nm/613nm and QY = 0.1).

He was an old-fashioned Irish Catholic who took a very dim view of the propriety of anything that touched on the sexual".

A woman who gave only her first name, Jackie, out of concern over the propriety of this very emergency shelter, walked J. P., a 14-year-old quarter horse, in front of the Macy's store.

The techniques discussed (and later used) would seem, the agent said, "to stretch beyond the bounds of legal propriety" and would very likely "shock the conscience of any legal body looking at using the results of the interrogations or possibly even the interrogators".

"The notion that you can very clearly draw a line between propriety risk-taking and hedging is a very difficult notion to implement," Ms. Dublon said.