Properly construed, the doctrine of executive privilege exempts only a narrow band of Presidential activities from the reach of legal inquiry.

In that respect, properly construed, the general rules which are relevant in Switzerland can be applied in a way which meets the needs of today's market.

And if this were Synapo, and if she had construed properly?

Properly construed, his contract suggested that his holiday pay would be at the rate of only his fixed salary.

On a more general level, it remains debatable whether recognition of one's mirror image can be properly construed to imply full self-awareness.

It remains debatable whether recognition of one's mirror image can be properly construed to imply full self-awareness, particularly given that robots are being constructed which appear to pass the test.

Jacobs concluded that since plea agreements are properly construed as contracts, ambiguities therein should be construed strictly against the government.

Properly construed, those provisions necessarily implied a power to withdraw a proclamation issued in error, if the withdrawal was executed before the relevant legislation came into force.

As properly construed, the viability-testing provision does not pass constitutional muster under even a rational-basis standard, the least restrictive level of review applied by this Court.

But the political considerations sometimes prevail," he added, "and companies are understandably reluctant to do something like this because it will not necessarily be properly construed in the marketplace.