Sentence examples for would be oppressive from inspiring English sources

The fact is there is even less case for concluding that his extradition would be oppressive.

However, bringing disciplinary proceedings against him for this conduct, particularly when set against the sanction imposed on the club, would be oppressive".

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.

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.

Extradition in these circumstances would necessarily be oppressive.

Prosecutors claim it would not be "oppressive" to extradite the businessman for trial and there has been a "significant and sustained improvement" in his mental health in recent months.

As Wail Qasim rightly argued, such a step would be hugely oppressive to benefits claimants at a time when they are being assailed from all sides.

If the statute were thus interpreted, it might be—though upon that point we express no opinion—that it would be so oppressive in its necessary operation as to be deemed a burden upon the transportation of all cattle from Texas, whether diseaded or not, and for that reason be liable to the same objection urged against the statute involved in Railroad Co. v. Husen.

Leaving a world void of hope and bankrupt of resources would be as oppressive as any tyranny.