Sentence examples for was appropriate when from inspiring English sources

"It was appropriate when the economy was falling," he said, "but it's been growing for a long time.

My son's friends, I discovered later, called me "the Godfather" because they only ever saw me in a suit and I tended to swear more than was appropriate when children were in the house.

While Mr. Marquardt defended his conduct on the bench, he said he believed an inquiry into it was appropriate: "When you have initial proof, as Summerlin does, that the judge who sentenced him used drugs, I think that triggers an entitlement to ask questions".

Judge Leadbetter acknowledged that the court's power to order the Council to enact a tax increase intruded on the fiscal power of legislators, but said such action was appropriate when one branch — in this case the City Council — "imperils" the function of another.

The P/E that we see historically was appropriate when diversification was much more difficult for investors to achieve, which meant investors were taking on a lot more risk.

A comparison of the d′ estimate across different methods supported the hypothesis that the more efficient 2-AFCR τ-strategy was appropriate when the tetrad test preceded DTFM, while when DTFM was performed first without pre-categorization of samples, the conventional duo trio COD strategy was appropriate for the constant-reference DTFM.

It is appropriate when conspicuous demonstrations of power seems the surest route to a bad end.

That norm might have been appropriate when the lender was the local banker.

Accepting blame and showing remorse may not have been appropriate when Tourre was defending himself in court.

Fundamental questions such as these are appropriate when we are dealing with human lives and unnecessary suffering.

A comparable tentativeness may be appropriate when devising criteria for effective schools.