proper role
collocation in Englishmeaningsofproperandrole
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proper
adjective
uk/ˈprɒp.ər/us/ˈprɑː.pɚ/
real, satisfactory, suitable, ...
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role
noun[C]
uk/rəʊl/us/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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(Definition ofproperandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofproper role
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It is not theproperroleof modern scholarship to provide such dubious genealogies.
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Instead, they are about a range of issues concerning the market, democracy, and theproperroleof government.
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In parallel, we need a long span, but integrated, history of the full range of debates about women'sproperrolecovering the same period.
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Theproperroleof an election can be seen as the identification of this socially optimal position.
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But it also allows the best intentions of the doctrine theirproperrole.
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If the present institutions were given theirproperroleand did their duty, there could be a real improvement in performance.
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One obvious reason is that political parties have differed historically on theproperroleof government in medical care.
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What was at issue was merely theproperroleof the common law relative to that of statutor y law.
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Conflicts have often involved theproperroleof mathematics in explaining data obtained at distinct spatial scales.
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The question of theproperroleof logic in semantics is not easy to answer.
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There might be something to this idea about theproperroleof obligations or oughts.
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Relatively little is said about theproperrolefor pension regulators, except for a brief discussion of corporate governance.
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Neither deterrence theory nor any competing view of punishment'sproperroleis entailed by utilitarianism.
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Indeed, the question of theproperroleof ethnicity in the allocation of public benefits has penetrated the electoral arena in several states.
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For example, she might want to fulfill what she views as theproperroleof a woman, but also want to live a more pleasant life.
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This is because they are saddled with inefficient production structures brought about by the failure of the public sector to play itsproperrolein the development process.
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Bushe's plain speaking does not mean that she was untouched by contemporary notions of theproperroleof women.
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If taking one's opponents seriously is a necessary condition for progress in a debate, this book makes a signal contribution to the debate about theproperroleof government.
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