Example sentences of "which would be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 For this reason , the Presentation attainment target stops at level 7 ( the level that should be achieved by the average 16 year old ) because there is no way of extending it to level 10 , other than by specifying lists of increasingly irregular and unusual words — which would be absurd .
2 He is bound to say this , indeed , for if we considered only the positive consequences of an action , and not those which would have occurred if it had not been done , one could not count in the suffering which an action prevented in its favour , which would be absurd .
3 ( I have included the concluding six words , although the need for them was not explored in argument , since without them the position would be frozen as it was in 1987 , which would be absurd . )
4 It the objection were legally valid it could be used to defeat almost all Orders made under this statute , which would be absurd .
5 Here there is an excess burden associated with price subsidies or in-kind transfers which would be absent in the case of a cash transfer .
6 In defiance of Mosley 's warnings , Joyce was urging speakers to use language in attacking the Jewish community which would be strong enough to break the law .
7 ‘ Around the time I was fourteen , which would be 1959 , pretty much every street had its little band .
8 The expenditure base defined above includes wealth transferred , but it has sometimes been argued that the base should include only consumption , which would be equivalent to entering only receipts net of transfers on the left-hand side of ( 9–2 ) , as one would if one treated the dynasty as an integrated unit .
9 The agreement , under which the government expected to save $1,000 million , included options for the creditor banks ( i ) to make new bond loans carrying a 15-year maturity and seven-year grace period before payment of interest which would be equivalent to 20 per cent of their exposure ; ( ii ) to offer 30 per cent discounts on bonds for loans swaps in return for guarantees on principal and interest payments and additional payments after six years if oil prices rose beyond a specified level ( thought to be $26 per barrel ) ; ( iii ) to cut interest rates to 5 per cent for two years before gradually raising them ; or ( iv ) to allow the Venezuelan government to buy back existing loans at larger discounts ( estimated to be 60-65 per cent ) should the banks be willing to take the loss .
10 Following two days of heavy fighting around Osijek , the main town in Slavonia , with heavy army involvement , Tudjman on Aug. 22 issued an ultimatum to the Presidency warning that unless Serbian aggression against Croatia stopped and the army left Croatia by Aug. 31 , " all necessary steps " would be taken to protect the republic and the army would be declared an occupying force ( which would be equivalent to a declaration of war ) .
11 Additionally , the buyer can claim damages which would be equivalent to the difference in cost of buying another similar computer elsewhere and any other expenses and losses he has been put to as a direct consequence of the breach , with the proviso that he mitigates his losses , that is , he keeps them to a minimum .
12 All Windows applications work in this common environment , sharing many facilities which would be application-specific under DOS .
13 Perhaps CRO would kindly advise on this , since there appears to be nothing in CRO 's Notes for Guidance NG10 and NG17 which would be relevant .
14 In owing a duty of undivided loyalty , it could again be argued that the conglomerate is under a duty to take advantage of sources of information reasonably available which would be relevant to the client .
15 And sub-section ( 4 ) defines ‘ relevant employee shares ’ as ‘ shares of the company which would be relevant in it but for the fact that they are held by a person who acquired them in pursuance of an employees ’ share scheme ’
16 The following is an example of a single unit related to training delivery which would be relevant to a range of occupational roles , including line managers , supervisors and trainers :
17 In the right column , note down all the points which would be relevant to or useful in your essay in particular .
18 Their powers are subtle and strong , and they have the knowledge to wake in the minds of their victims that which would be better left unwoken . ’
19 I think it 's about to fragment into different groups for english football , internationals etc … which would be better .
20 Because er I mean a lot of children these days , I think about my parents , it 's their money , they spend it , and I do n't really see that it 's important for it to be passed on to us , but in the case of a large estate , it becomes more important , if you 're looking at sort of two hundred three hundred thousand estate , then there 's going to be a lot of erm er asset value which would be taxable .
21 Knowing full well that a half would be the husband 's , which would be taxable , the other half would also be the wife 's , and would therefore be taxable if she 'd already absorbed her three four four five .
22 However there are many less ambitious preservation projects which would be possible with as few as a dozen determined people and not too expensive .
23 Taxpayers who chose not to assess themselves would send their return by 1 October for the Revenue to compute the tax outstanding , which would be payable by 1 January .
24 A potential offeror or its advisers may accordingly acquire shares in the target and use this right to ascertain the compensation which would be payable to directors of the target if they were dismissed and any golden parachute arrangements ( see para 18.5.1 below ) which may exist .
25 " Income " includes income chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise ( UK source income ) and any income which would be chargeable if it had been received in the United Kingdom by a person resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom .
26 Even Alan Clark gave a written statement to the court which would be essential to convict Henderson , Peter Allen and Trevor Abraham of Matrix .
27 ‘ Our oil-fired central heating system was showing signs of age , so the National Trust 's adviser on Conservation Heating looked for a new system which would be efficient , cost effective and environmentally sound .
28 ‘ Mr. Fitzgerald … submitted that the lack of care which could form the basis of the verdict could be a legitimate method used by the jury of expressing a view that there was a culpable breach by someone of a legal or moral duty to take care of the deceased which would be distinct from the general duty of care on which the modern law of negligence is based .
29 He said after the meeting : ‘ If the Government does not change its mind a strike looks inevitable , which would be terrible for the people of Britain .
30 The report in 1977 was valuable but rather theoretical , and shortly afterwards the BLR&DD commissioned the Royal College of Art to produce a library guiding manual which would aim to give librarians practical advice on designing and implementing library signing systems which would be effective , attractive , quick and economical to produce and easy to maintain and update .
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