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Example sentences of "policy would [be] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Neil Kinnock said last night that the rise in interest rates was ‘ a shattering blow both to households right across Britain and also to industries , and it 's even worse because it 's a blow that has been gathering ever since the first day that this Government decided its one and only economic policy would be a reliance on interest rates ’ .
2	They had convinced him that no radical change in Defence policy would be negotiable unless the Minister of Defence was given greater powers to override the special pleading of the Admiralty , the War Office , the Air Ministry , and the Ministry of Supply .
3	Macmillan , however , saw that amalgamation of the Service Ministries and the Ministry of Supply concurrently with sweeping changes in Defence policy would be more than the Defence establishment could take .
4	The implication for competition policy would be profound , with the realisation that big operators are susceptible to hit-and-run entry from independent companies .
5	When Eisenhower made him its head he declared that American policy would be based on ‘ openness , simplicity and righteousness . ’
6	Further , the promotional functions of the existing RAC policy would be replaced by more limited functions of monitoring and reporting developments in rural areas .
7	It is already clear that economic and monetary policy would be profoundly German in nature , but so would the ‘ common defence and foreign policy ’ .
8	One policy would be to enter only the seven ‘ certainties ’ , thus achieving seven passes and a 100 per cent pass rate .
9	Another policy would be to enter all students — this might result in eight passes — but a percentage pass rate of only 53 per cent .
10	Such a policy would be seen to benefit both town and country and hence lessen the tensions and contradictions within the system as a whole .
11	Such a policy would be of especial benefit to bilingual or multilingual children .
12	A principle source of the new enthusiasm was a problem raised directly by the EDC concept itself , a dilemma summed up by Konrad Adenauer on his first visit to the United States in April 1953 , when he said in New York that a European army without a correspondingly unified European foreign policy would be rather illogical .
13	The treaty gave no indication of what a common agricultural policy would be other than something that would increase agricultural productivity , ensure a fair standard .
14	In either case , however , fiscal policy would be available for that purpose .
15	The alternative and desired emphasis of policy would be to provide more resources to parents caring for their children at home so that they could do their job better , and to reunite with their parents , wherever possible , those children who have been removed .
16	As in decentralization , some degree of latitude in interpretation of centre policy would be necessary for its implementation to adapt to local influences which can only be an unknown factor at the beginning of the facilitating process .
17	Although somewhat hazy about the precise nature of these forces , Morgenthau was clear that the subject needed to be elevated to a science ; otherwise its radical message for American policy would be undermined by the wishful thinking of those wanting to return to a pre-war policy of isolationism .
18	The best policy would be a middle approach whereby economic and military aid was provided for south Korea in the hope that this could give sufficient strength for the regime to survive .
19	Such criticism of American policy would be counter-productive ; the claims on the United States for economic and military assistance were so great that only a limited amount could be given to Korea .
20	The greatest difficulty for the USRC was within the party , for any commitment to a positive social policy would be resisted by those whose vested interests were threatened , as Robert Sanders noted over labourers " wages :
21	The choice of time for instigating the policy would be important here ; the cost of mortgage tax relief in 1988 has increased in annual terms from £5 billion to over £6.5 billion .
22	Moreover , such a policy would be seen to be libertarian , in that it genuinely trusted people to spend their own money in ways they prefer , rather than trying to bribe them into centrally determined consumption patterns .
23	This stated that full consideration would be given to ‘ any social or other problems that may arise ’ , but that ‘ the general policy would be for the Secretary of State to approve proposals to cease to maintain under-used schools . ’
24	Such a policy would be resisted in this country by some professional bodies and by some other groups on the grounds that it is against individual freedom .
25	A key feature of the proposals in the consultation document is , once again , that the main focus of policy would be on the economic effects of market structure and conduct , and not on general public interest considerations .
26	The UK maintains a strong doctrine of extraterritoriality which means that UK competition policy can not be applied in such cases , any more than US antitrust policy would be permitted to pursue a cartel of UK firms exporting to the US .
27	The case against heavy defence expenditure can not rest simply on arguments that some of that money would be better spent on social policy ; it is necessary to prove that some of that expenditure is inappropriate or irrelevant , or to face the argument that without it no social policy would be secure .
28	Such a policy would be implemented only if the opposition of the very well-organized and wealthy political lobbies of industry could be overcome .
29	At intervals of a few years , party congresses were held at which major changes of policy would be announced and new directions set for the future .
30	Whether such a policy would be desirable is debatable , but certainly no society has been willing to divert the necessary resources to the police in order to come anywhere near such a policy .