"The proper format is to come to the town first, but we found out by accident that they were having this meeting."

These divide the crystal's frequency down and then translate it into the proper format for the display.

The digital watch simply prints out the numerical count in proper format.

We will not accept data unless they are in the proper format.

Similarly, plain English messages are translated into the proper format for transmission.

The resignation was later rejected by the speaker of the house, as they were not in the proper format.

Pacific Coast mail routes would be effected without the proper format.

So that stuff it knows the proper format for.

He looked around the room for something to complete the job in the proper format.

The motion was turned down by the speaker on the ground that it was not in the proper format.