He wanted to be able to respond properly when his turn came.

"Did I not tell you she would be the first to respond properly?"

That way, according to this line of thought, they can properly respond to each other.

I will respond properly to her report at the end of this morning' s debate.

He tried to stand up, but his limbs did not respond properly.

She was too confused to respond properly, and said the first thing that came into her mind.

Soon they would realize that she was not responding properly.

"I initiated my check of systems, and they did not respond properly."

All this might have been avoided had the secretary general responded properly in 1999.

The potential was there, but the powers, for some reason, refused to respond properly.