Sentence examples for were not proper from inspiring English sources

Stephen M. Gavitt, who directs the state's radiation division, said if mistakes did not involve violations of state law, fines were not proper.

Ellis sued Duggan, the trustees of the Roman Catholic church for the archdiocese of Sydney, and Cardinal George Pell, but the NSW court of appeal found Pell and the trustees were not proper defendants in the proceedings.

"If you were the chief executive of a global building company and 20 people died in one country because there were not proper safety rules in place, you would be accountable.

But attention has focused on the lakeside officers themselves, who were not "proper" policemen but community-support officers (CSOs), a lightly-trained, lower-paid variety introduced in 2002 to make a show of force on the streets.

Not only that, but the plaintiffs, one who held only two shares and the other who did not vote on the merger, were not proper representatives of the shareholders.

My grandparents immigrated to Australia in the 50s, after living under occupation or as refugees during the second world war, and they worked hard to ensure my parents were imbued with the privileges that they themselves were not: proper schooling, university, and the peaceful, if sleepy, affluence that an upbringing in Sydney provides.

But these weren't proper games, they were kickabouts.

Ah, but they weren't proper budget secrets, explained the chancellor.

There weren't proper online tools to collect and analyze yields.

They're not proper jokes".

That's not proper cooking.