Example sentences of "this would [be] [adj] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would be preferable to the ad hoc provisions available under Section 11 of the Competition Act 1980 , whereby the Secretary of State for Trade can direct the Monopolies and Mergers Commission to investigate efficiency , costs , the level of quality of the service provided and possible misuse of monopoly power within nationalized industries . |
| 2 | We can not support all of a service into Edinburgh , as this would be additional to the 1020 commercial journeys counted by . |
| 3 | it would involve the loss of a number of trees and this would be detrimental to the character of this part of the village . |
| 4 | This would be contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 5 | This power may be used , for example , to prevent a parent seeking a second or third opinion when this would be contrary to the child 's best interests . |
| 6 | This would be similar to the one the Community signed with America covering political and cultural co-operation as well as trade . |
| 7 | At 50 p.c. tax — the top rate proposed by Labour — this would be equivalent to a 17 p.c. return . |
| 8 | But in most countries this would be unacceptable to the organization ( only France has the mystique of the grandes écoles ) . |
| 9 | This would be parallel to the fact that the object in an adverbal construction tends to separate the adjective from the verb to which it is most closely bound intensionally , by occupying the place immediately after the verb , as objects normally do ( see Section 5.3 ) . |
| 10 | If an order is made , a person is not to be compelled to give evidence where this would be prejudicial to the security of the United Kingdom ; here again , a certificate of the Secretary of State is conclusive |