Sentence examples for it would be oppressive from inspiring English sources
If medical tests find him "unfit to plead, or arguably so, it will be argued that it would be oppressive to extradite within the meaning of" Britain's extradition laws, Mr. Jones said according to The Press Association news agency.
Lawyers for Mr. Masri, 54, said on Tuesday that he was physically unfit to face the accusations against him and that it would be "oppressive" to extradite him under the terms of British law.
"It would be oppressive to charge a jury with enforcement of highly technical and complex housing safety standards and force them to devise a solution when various remedies exist," she wrote.
LONDON — Lawyers for a Muslim cleric wanted in the United States on terrorism charges said on Tuesday that the preacher, Abu Hamza al-Masri, was physically unfit to face the accusations against him and that it would be "oppressive to extradite him" under the terms of British law.
Denborg said: "It would be oppressive to send him back if his health is not good, but we are happy as a family to hear that the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice that he will go back to South Africa.
Like one of its poker-faced characters, "The Slug Bearers," which was performed at the Kitchen in 2004, exudes a heavy passivity that would be oppressive were it not for the feathery, tickling wit that lurks beneath.
That would be oppressive enough, but Mr. Green also speaks exclusively in rhyming couplets, which quickly moves beyond the oppressive into the cruel and unusual.
However, bringing disciplinary proceedings against him for this conduct, particularly when set against the sanction imposed on the club, would be oppressive".
A poker-faced Russian policeman abandoning his patrol car to lead me happily on foot to my destination, translating on his iPhone as he went, was a welcome early sign that fears the atmosphere would be oppressive and overbearing were misplaced.
"When Robert Peel formed the Metropolitan Police there was a very strong fear of the military - the masses feared the new force would be oppressive".
