But before he could say anything, Kovács said in a calm but firm voice: "Do not insult our intelligence by charging us with improper methods.

Exceeding recommended levels of priming sugar for a given recipe is dangerous, as is using inappropriate bottles or improper capping methods.

Poisonings through amateur preparation can result from confusion between types of puffer, as well as improper methods, and some may represent deliberate suicide attempts.

"You understand, the district attorney's office can't use improper methods; we can use almost any method."

The district attorney can't use improper methods to get a confession; but we can use almost anything we want to get a confession.

The testing service said the New York City used an improper method for determining passing scores.

They haven't learned how to express attraction yet, so they resort to improper methods.

Rather, I am referring to the legal, but improper, accounting methods used by chief executives to inflate reported earnings.

The issue, Mr. Tetzlaff concluded, "is whether the police used improper methods in inducing John to make the sale."

She'd started to call them "improper methods," but nothing would have been improper to achieve that end.