Sentence examples for whether it's proper from inspiring English sources

Its chapters are a vivid catalog of all the things that can go wrong in giving birth to and then bring up a child, and also raise difficult ethical questions: whether it's proper to give cochlear implants to deaf children or to subject dwarfs to painful limb-lengthening surgery, for example.

UPDATE, 8-6-10: Oh, and there's the nagging question of whether it's proper to tip pre- or post-tax.

"When you know the system, it's no surprise that an EOIR ethics manual discusses whether an immigration judge can eat pastries at a conference but has nothing to say about whether it's proper for an immigration judge to shout at and threaten an asylum applicant who's sobbing while telling how he found his sister's body with her throat cut," Heller said.

The state comptroller's office is investigating whether it was proper to award the contract without bidding.

General Pinochet was arrested in Chile in early 2001, causing Riggs officers and its board to review whether it was proper to maintain his accounts.

And this has led some critics to question whether it is proper to portray misery with an artist's eye.

When the lawyers were discussing the questions about whether it was proper for the prosecutor to mention Mr. Harris's ostensible smirk, Mr. Frank seemed at a loss.

Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, has demanded details of Ms. Abedin's arrangement at the State Department to determine whether it was proper and has complained that Ms. Abedin has stonewalled his efforts.

Our question is whether it was proper for the District Court to make its finding on that issue the crucial element in determining its power to try and convict petitioner for contempt.

While the dispute revolves around the issue of how the journalists' careers may have been damaged by having their phone records examined, the threat to sue also raises the question whether it is proper for a news organization or its reporters to sue a company they cover.

Not, however, on the issue of whether it was proper to send in warships.