Infinitive complement

• have: There would have always been a fire lit in a round house - it would have been considered improper to have it go out.

• speak: It is a little bit improper to speak about the physics integration into the game engine.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• do: She turns ( O Guardian Angels, stop her From doing anything improper!

• see: West Fife Planning Committee - Keith Mason can see nothing improper in the apparent anomalies of above planning decisions.

Modifies a noun

• proselytism: The majority cite with approval a 1956 report of the World Council of Churches dealing with improper proselytism.

• conduct: Sections 15.3 and 16.3 have been amended to change this ground of appeal to alleged irregular procedure or improper conduct.

• shutdown: The boot process automatically ran Disk First Aid because I did an improper shutdown.

• conduct: Neil Warnock has been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association.

• motive: Examples of improper motives include spite, revenge or personal gain.

• interference: There should be no improper interference by the authorities or by the public.

Modifying Another Word

• wholly: Outgoing FCC chairman Michael Powell said it would have been " wholly improper " to force " must-carry " rights on all digital channels.

• highly: It would be highly improper if the advice they give is determined by financial incentives.

• very: Councilor WOOD, who seconded the motion, said the printing of the cartoon was a very improper thing to do.

• not: They were just as entitled to confidentiality as everyone else, as long as their dealings were not improper or illegal.

• quite: It would be quite improper for Assembly to tell any of our churches how to 'be ' and'do ' church.

• grossly: Mr Brodie said: " We say that they adopted grossly improper means for fraudulently inflating votes cast in their favor.

Used with adjective complement

• consider: Note it is considered improper to warp the user's cursor in general.

• seem: Tho the person involved is named, the allegations having been made anonymously, it seemed improper to name him here.

• regard: I did nothing intentionally wrong, I did nothing anti-social, nothing which I would regard as improper.

• think: It was thought improper for a teacher to sit at her desk during a lesson.