"I am satisfied that a sentence of 15 years imprisonment is an appropriate sentence in the present matter."

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Secretary Gates says a re-evaluation is particularly appropriate because security has deteriorated more than expected in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

It's like you're reading a manual that would have been more appropriate during the Nazi era than in the United States of America,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

He says the appropriate authorities in the North need to better explain this and make an apology.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"And we will be willing to support them in any way that is appropriate that they request.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

"There will be operation in this area. But it is now a matter of military judgment (of) what is the appropriate time."

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

The foreign ministry said Israel reserves the right to respond in the appropriate time and place.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

And I think in that sense it's appropriate,". Mr.Obama is scheduled to personally accept his Nobel Peace Prize at the December 10 awards ceremony in Oslo.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, with the German Chancellor at his side in Berlin, told reporters Sunday this is an appropriate time for an overall assessment of Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

(Voice) He says the yen's current strength reflects a skewed movement in the market, and adds it would be appropriate for Japan to take action to stabilize global financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

"The report also fails to deal adequately with the asymmetrical nature of the conflict or to assign appropriate responsibility to Hamas for its decision to base itself and its military operations in heavily populated areas,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

"We have to make sure that the compound will be sufficiently efficacious to be used in the clinical setting, it has to be safe, and again we can make the drug sufficiently cheaply that it will be appropriate for the use in the clinical setting."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"The notion of being willing to pause, reassess basic assumptions, reassess the analysis and then make those decisions, seems to me, given the importance of these decisions, which I've said are probably among the most important he will make in his entire presidency, seems entirely appropriate,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.06