Example sentences of "[adv] be in [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas nuclear weaponry had effectively only been in the hands of the U.S.A. , the development of such weapons by other nations had been increasing , so at a meeting , in December 1962 , at Nassau , Prime minister Harold Macmillan and President Kennedy , hammered out an agreement whereby Britain abandoned its plans for ‘ Skybolt ’ in return for the U.S.A. ‘ Polaris ’ missile for use by British nuclear submarines . |
| 2 | Other parties not completely in agreement with the proposals include the Highland Regional Council , which would lose some control in the designated areas , and the Scottish National Party , which feels that parks would not necessarily be in the interests of either the nation or the environment . |
| 3 | British air travel before the war had largely been in the hands of two companies , British Airways for European services and Imperial Airways for services further afield . |
| 4 | Therefore , it follows logically that it will normally be in the interests of the TNCs to try to create the market for their standard products in new locations irrespective of the perceived social needs of the indigenous populations , as Levitt ( 1983 ) persuasively argues . |
| 5 | A huge problem , though , from the conversationists ' point of view , is that it may not be in the interests of fishermen or whalers or hunters of ivory — or at least not in their financial interests — to achieve maximum sustainable yield . |
| 6 | However , and this could easily be the case in the larger surveying organisation , it may not be in the interests of either effective management or particular individuals to maintain this full-scale participation of all members . |
| 7 | It would not be in the interests of the company to make them public ’ . |
| 8 | In a world where British influence is conspicuously waning it might not be in the interests of a secure national identity to throw it open for young Britons to gaze on . |
| 9 | There is some suggestion of violence on the part of the mother 's current and very , so far , short-lived relationship with the man she is now with and , if that is so — and one has to accept , for the purposes of this application , the untested evidence of the father — it would not be in the interests of these children for the original order to be made after an inter partes hearing . |
| 10 | Lee has rejected speculation that social workers might release fresh medical evidence , saying it would not be in the interests of the children . |
| 11 | However , I am convinced that a further review of the industry at this stage would only create additional uncertainty , which would not be in the interests of the industry , the tenants or the customers . |
| 12 | For these reasons , Scottish Office management of a wider road system would not be in the interests of cycling and I would wish to object to this particular proposal . |
| 13 | The small supplier would then not be in the hands of his bank . |
| 14 | Just being in the arms of this unique person , whom SHe 'd never been absolutely sure SHe could hook , effectively wiped the unpleasant memory from hir mind for the night . |
| 15 | In the main , most of the fibre in plants is found in their supporting structures and thus is in the walls of cells and the outer parts of the plant , e.g. stems or skins , rather than the leaves or inner part . |
| 16 | When Piri Pasa put the idea to Selim , however , the latter refused , taking the view that it would be wrong to interfere in the affairs of the two cities , which enjoyed a special standing in the Islamic world and the governing of which had always been in the hands of descendents of the Prophet . |
| 17 | Finding she could not bear to face the police who might still be in the environs of Canons ' Court , she decided on the traffic bridge . |
| 18 | The shield of love and the spear of justice will still be in the hands of good and upright men and women , and the ideal of a great future will still be in front of our people . |
| 19 | They should still be in the files at the Standesamt . |
| 20 | " We thought there would always be a Governor General , and a European Prime Minister , that government would always be in the hands of Europeans and we would always be needed , and always be in charge . |
| 21 | The double volume , Ogwen & Carneddau , will hopefully be in the shops by Easter ; Llanberis , at the time of writing , has much of the text complete , thanks to Iwan Arfon Jones , and Paul Williams has been rounding up all the loose ends . |
| 22 | As for employee involvement , it is certainly greater than it ever was in the years of nationalization . |
| 23 | Her father was where he always was in the afternoons of mid-winter . |
| 24 | There was in the polytechnics and colleges , as there had also been in the colleges of advanced technology , some general discussion about the validity of sandwich courses as such , given the possibility that they might be a means of perpetuating outdated practices . |
| 25 | They might also , and in a perverse way , quite sensibly believe that if US farmers can produce grain ‘ cheaper ’ than farmers in the Third World then it will also be in the interests of the Third World to participate in such a global food system . |
| 26 | The militia would temporarily be in the hands of Parliament . |
| 27 | Wise as we now are in the ways of quantum theory we can , perhaps , anticipate the mystery of which Feynman spoke . |
| 28 | The local parish council has often been in the hands of a group leading the area into decline . |
| 29 | Whilst it may be in the interests of the court and a ‘ fair result ’ for as much as possible to be disclosed in the early stages so that the matters really in dispute can be identified and the strength of the evidence assessed , it will often be in the interests of the parties to conceal what they know . |
| 30 | Democratic committee assignments would now be in the hands of an executive committee of the caucus , a re-styled Steering and Policy Committee chaired by the Speaker . |