Example sentences of "would be replaced [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council told the people of Dovecot that the Harold Davis swimming pool would be replaced with a new pool and it was not . |
| 2 | A district officer said : ‘ The existing unattractive shopfront would be replaced by a traditional timber shopfront . |
| 3 | Naturalization would be established as the only means of gaining nationality , all naturalizations since 1974 would be reviewed , and the automatically renewable 10-year residency permit would be replaced by a two-year permit . |
| 4 | On finance , Heseltine conceded that the public had " not been persuaded that the [ community ] charge is fair " , and he stated that it would be replaced by a new local tax under which there would be a single bill for each household comprising two essential elements : the number of adults living there and the value of the property . |
| 5 | The Congress of People 's Deputies , from which the standing parliament — the Supreme Soviet — was elected , would be replaced by a new bicameral Supreme Soviet which would assume the Congress 's right to alter the constitution . |
| 6 | Finally , the bodies created by Sir Keith Joseph — the School Curriculum Development Committee and the Secondary Examinations Council — would be replaced by a National Curriculum Council and a School Examinations and Assessment Council , both appointed by the Secretary of State , with responsibility to offer him advice on the national curriculum and its assessment . |
| 7 | Revenue-raising measures under the plan included ( i ) the stamping out of tax evasion , especially of capital gains tax , and reform of the tax penal law ; ( ii ) increases in general taxes on assets ( up by 2 per cent ) and on assets in the services sector ( up by 4 per cent ) ; ( iii ) higher taxes on the purchase and sale of foreign exchange , although the stamp tax would be eliminated and import tariffs cut to 11 per cent for semi-finished goods and raw materials , while previous item-specific duties would be replaced by a single 22 per cent duty ; ( iv ) the elimination of remaining tax discrimination favouring foreign investments ; ( v ) the increase of value added tax ( VAT ) to rates of between 16 and 25 per cent and increased taxes on bank loans ; and ( vi ) rises of 33 per cent in fuel taxes and adjustments in the rates charged for all public services , which acknowledged the continuing steep fall of the austral against the dollar . |
| 8 | And , moreover , it would be far less labour-intensive and much more rapid especially as the present 14-day settlement would be replaced by a rolling 3-day settlement . |