I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a good/proper breakfast (= big and healthy )
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I think kids need a good breakfast before they go to school.
a proper record
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Failure to maintain proper records would be a criminal offence.
a proper/real understanding
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They lacked any real understanding of the subject.
a sensible/proper diet
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Students don’t always eat a sensible diet.
adequate/proper precautions
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Companies have a legal responsibility to take adequate precautions against fire.
adequate/proper preparation
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You cannot go on a dangerous trip like this without adequate preparation.
adequate/proper supervision
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Why had the parents not provided adequate supervision?
due/proper consideration (= the necessary and suitable consideration )
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A lot of building took place without due consideration for the effect it would have on the area.
due/proper regard
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The aim is to get the job done as cheaply as possible, with due regard to high standards.
feel a right/proper charlie (= feel very stupid )
good/poor/proper hygiene
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The Consumers’ Association blames poor hygiene standards.
prim and proper
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a very prim and proper young lady
proper consultation
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Has there been proper consultation with the local communities?
proper fraction
proper noun
proper recognition
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Frank Norris has never received proper recognition as a great novelist.
proper/due respect (= suitable )
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‘I want proper respect,’ said Mother.
proper/improper conduct (= correct/incorrect behaviour according to the normal rules or standards )
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There was no evidence of improper conduct on the part of the police.
the correct/proper procedure
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What's the correct procedure for applying for a grant?
the right/proper/correct balance
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With sport, you have to find the right balance between competition and fun.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
balance
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The other part of my proposal will probably prove annoying to radicals, thereby ensuring a proper balance .
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There was also an environmental objective - to maintain a proper balance between human needs and the natural environment.
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The Amendment, itself, strikes the proper balance between federal and state authority.
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You scratch your heads in selection, and can't find a proper balance with less than 12.
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The future for the advanced industrial countries lies increasingly in a proper balance between manufacturing and the service sector.
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In order to maintain a proper balance in your life, you must be prepared to allocate some time to yourself each day.
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Seemingly, two separate conditions must be satisfied to achieve proper balance .
care
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Voice over Mrs Hayward can now look forward to proper care for the rest of her life.
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By 1970, lawmakers were hearing disturbing reports that patients were not getting proper care in their communities.
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It is plain that the solicitors' claim was not prepared with proper care .
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With proper care , the chicken grows.
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Instead, wardrobes should be planned seriously and with proper care .
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Still, with proper care a man could be quite fairly at ease with them.
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The tenant must take proper care of the place.
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It provides technical instruction on the proper care of marijuana plants.
consideration
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A case that is considered thoroughly is looked at in the round and all the relevant factors are taken into proper consideration .
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Our amendments do not get proper consideration on Report or in Committee if there is a timetable motion.
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We are talking about a terminus in the heart of a great city and some proper consideration should be given to that.
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Tax law should not be introduced without proper consideration of the commercial fundamentals.
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Serious difficulties can arise when a contract is varied without proper consideration of the effect of the variation on the expert clause.
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We need proper consideration of the very constructive alternative proposals we have put forward.
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Governors should take any grievance relating to employment very seriously and give proper consideration to it through a fair grievance procedure.
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I have been stuck here and have not received it, but I shall, of course, give it proper consideration .
job
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Just because she's never had a proper job .
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Establish proper job descriptions for low-level supervisors at the plant, and link compensation to performance for frontline supervisors.
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It hasn't given people proper jobs .
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Other men's wives did proper jobs once the children were off their hands.
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It is often the proper job of authorities to issue directives for this purpose.
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It was all something to do with their thinking he didn't have a proper job , so they said.
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I don't have a proper job so I don't earn much money.
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Now he writes computer software for the National Blind League but needs a proper job .
meal
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Have at least one proper meal a day, hot if possible.
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I know it ain't much, but I du n no if it's enough to get a proper meal like.
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I don't see why we can't have a proper meal after a do.
name
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When we're among ourselves we call it by its proper name , which is poliomyelitis.
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It solves some of the puzzles mentioned for proper names .
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Many will never be known for many lived and died without a proper name .
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The front of the temporal lobe is thought to be involved with storing biographical information and proper names .
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First, proper name and noun are different description types, serving different functions.
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No, but patients occasionally complain afterward that they have more trouble with proper names than with memories in general.
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Whatever reading one gives to the three proper names , the inscription suggests that the collection was a gift.
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In Rome her proper name was Fauna or Damia, and her nocturnal orgiastic ceremonies were restricted to women.
noun
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There are 60 grammatical categories specified within this lexicon indicating such properties as transitive verb, plural noun , proper noun etc.
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Answer: a. Why: Use hyphens with a prefix and a proper noun .
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The facility to add more words to the lexicon should also be considered, especially for proper nouns and technical terms.
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Their problem is with proper nouns , not ordinary nouns.
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Another quarter of the omissions arose from previously unseen proper nouns .
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A text for students devoted seven pages to the use of a capital letter to indicate a proper noun .
person
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I never thought of you as a proper person before.
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Once the court is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person , a protection order may be granted.
place
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Advantageous as that is in its proper place it would be disastrous if such numbers turned up as eigenvalues.
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She demanded strict ritual performances from them, a proper place to live, sacrificial objects and so on.
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Certainly, these are important highlights and should be given their proper place and emphasis in the narrative.
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It all comes back to putting technology in its proper place - wherever you are.
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Encouraging and enabling the laity to take their proper place in the Church?
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These were difficult and unsettled times, when people needed to be reminded about their proper place and duties.
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But a healthy faith should include them all, and it should have each of them in its proper place .
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This prevents any stitches becoming snagged and broken causing the filling to shift from its proper place .
procedure
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Process accountability - accountability for following proper procedures . 3.
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Law students tend to become more concerned with matters of proper procedure and exhibit an increased tendency to reason by analogy.
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They keep wanting to supply goods without going through the proper procedures .
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He ordered that a memorandum explaining the proper procedure be prepared and circulated to service commands.
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Crucially, therefore, causal explanation is the proper procedure when we engage in natural science but not elsewhere.
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It is not the proper procedure for anyone trying to make sense of other areas of social life.
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Decision: the court had made a recommendation for deportation without following the proper procedure and without inviting either counsel to assist.
role
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The proper role of age in clinical decision-making is controversial.
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As a consequence of this fact it is possible to delineate the proper role of the congregation in the eucharistic prayer.
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But this assumption rests on a contestable value judgment about the proper role of the judiciary in controlling the government.
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Presently they begin to believe that these are their proper roles and become upset when challenged.
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The limits of what had formerly been considered the proper role of the state had changed.
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While popular, such bills raise serious questions about the proper role of government, Kyl said.
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Innocent was in no doubt as to the proper roles of kings and emperors.
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What was the proper role of the director in a truly egalitarian company of women?
time
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The finite age of the universe is measured in proper time .
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But, between any moment of proper time and the c-boundary, an infinite amount of information-processing is possible.
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Putting this more precisely, the proper time taken by light to pass to and fro between two fixed points in spaces oscillates.
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One wonders how many of one's own mental defects result from lack of the appropriate experience at the proper time !
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We have always suggested that the proper time to rise is after 10 o'clock.
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It is an important aspect of proper time management.
training
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But if they were used only after proper training and in self-defence, how can that be construed as unprovoked aggression?
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There are, however, proper training agencies and reputable bodies.
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You must use the proper equipment, get the proper training to do jobs.
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They can be inculcated only as part of proper training .
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It is in these situations that proper training could make the difference between possible success and unfortunate failure.
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Given proper training , always a useful sideline for any dealer, these packages can achieve most requirements for office publishing.
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We shall ensure that all staff receive proper training and are required to uphold the principles of this Code.
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He emphasizes the need for proper training for people in both new types of job.
understanding
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He may find himself liable for taxes that proper understanding would have enabled him to avoid.
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A proper understanding of the role of intention in trusts must therefore come from other texts.
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It is the proper understanding of this relationship and the nature and application of energy that is crucial to scientific cleaning.
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A proper understanding of some one's way of life and their special needs may take time.
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A proper understanding of this aspect will allow you to create your own ideas much more easily and effectively.
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A proper understanding of the history of the surface of the Earth is not the least of them.
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It is unfortunate that the authors avoid mathematical formulae which are essential for a proper understanding of the experiments.
use
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To ensure the care, custody and proper use of standards and equipment allocated.
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They can make no proper use of either, of course, yet there they remain, always there.
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Fiscal accountability - accountability for the proper use of public money. 2.
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But the proper use of mifepristone requires three visits to a physician or clinic over a period of about 15 days.
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With proper use of a database this is easy, with benefits directly on the bottom line.
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After all, the key to the proper use of statistical analysis is the correct identification of levels of measurement.
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As McClellan constantly stresses, the interpretation of logistic information is crucial to its proper use .
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Most think anyone who wants to buy a gun should have to attend a clinic on proper use .
way
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We should be told that we must stop the Trident programme, because that is the proper way of doing things.
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What special interests out there thought threats, harassment and intimidation were the proper ways to pass a tough, controversial bill?
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The proper way to enter the Adour valley from the west is via the Col du Tourmalet, provided it is open.
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Chemehuevi high-school students researched the proper way to build a traditional house.
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But we'd have stopped him, the proper way .
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In Steve Jobs's mind, the proper way to move a cursor was with the mouse.
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We left the station in the proper way , along the railway.
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After a few weeks of that we were headed for New York in the proper way , by bus.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a (proper) little madam
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She was madam , all right, a proper little madam.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bill is a very proper young man.
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Higher math skills are not given proper attention in schools.
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I can't make the repairs without the proper tools or materials.
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It's the main road which links Santa Cruz proper and the mountains.
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It just wouldn't have been proper to not invite Jeff.
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We don't have a proper guest room, but you can have the sofa in the study.
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We need to put the books back in their proper place.
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When are you going to get a proper job?
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With proper training, most people can learn leadership skills.
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You can't climb a mountain without the proper equipment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Accounts by military and civilian air-traffic officials agreed the commercial airliner had received proper permission to traverse the zone.
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But, frankly, she wasn't a woman any more, not a proper woman.
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Hence, it is difficult to know when the proper consecutive item will appear.
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Not a menstrual period in the proper sense.
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Push him down the proper path.
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So, this firm might be able to come up with the proper lens.
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Ultimately this is a question as to the proper limits of self-determination, as well as turning on the specific lucidity of the individual patient.
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We will stop the wanton sale of school playing fields and ensure that sport takes its proper place within the curriculum.
II. adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The machine operators had not been properly trained.