Example sentences of "[noun] to [art] interests [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interests of commerce sometimes have a nationalistic tinge : in a recent decision a United States court referred in its reasoning to the interests in maintaining New York as a leading commercial centre . |
| 2 | This meant that the District Officers ' opposition to the proposals of wildlife conservationists who wanted Masai land was just as uncompromising as their opposition to settlers ; and , then as now , the appearance of indifference to the interests of picturesque and harmless animals brought down odium on the heads of those presumed guilty of it . |
| 3 | They impel people to join trade unions and radical parties , to take strike action and stage protests in which awareness of their collective interests , and of their opposition to the interests of capitalists and controllers of labour , can be dramatically strengthened ( Hyman 1971 ) . |
| 4 | That is , common interests can be formed on the basis of the branch of production , which in some respects unite wage-workers , managers and employers in a particular branch , possibly in opposition to the interests of wage-workers in other branches . |
| 5 | The version of emancipation which became law made many concessions to the interests of the gentry . |
| 6 | Differences remained ; but it was also clear that in many cases the two countries could work together , on an equal and principled basis , without prejudice to the interests of other countries . |
| 7 | Here again it is unrealistic to expect the law of any state to list modes of service which are not allowed ; the policy of the authors of the draft that only a positive prohibition should ‘ stand in the way of granting a request for service ’ gives inadequate weight to the interests of the state of destination . |
| 8 | MDC has also been more sympathetic than LDDC to the interests of existing firms in the area . |
| 9 | Under this modern view , contractual obligations may only be justified in order to deter or compensate some harm to the interests of another person . |
| 10 | The argument runs that individuals should enjoy the liberty to pursue their own interests and preferences , provided that in so doing they avoid harm to the interests of others . |
| 11 | By an extension of the argument , the duty is imposed in advance to deter acts which will potentially cause harm to the interests of others . |
| 12 | In the last resort , the key to these interpretations of liberalism lies in the requirement of harm to the interests of others , for individual autonomy may only be curtailed in order to preserve the liberty of others . |
| 13 | The alternative candidate for the honour of being the liberal theory of contracts insists that obligations should only arise in order to discourage and compensate harm to the interests of others . |
| 14 | ‘ … left to itself the market will function in such a way as to cause great harm to the interests of young people , companies and taxpayers alike . ’ |
| 15 | Without at this stage examining the measures that might be necessary to improve the responsiveness of companies to the interests of the various groups that make up ‘ the public ’ , we should note that the social enterprise perspective supplies a justificatory foundation for the relevant programme of reform . |
| 16 | This view is supported on the basis that the section does not affect the definition of ‘ the interests of the company ’ , which continues to mean ‘ the interests of the company as a commercial entity as judged by reference to the interests of the shareholders ’ . |
| 17 | Each Chief had to pay far more attention to the interests of his own Service in the cut-throat struggle for resources in a declining market . |
| 18 | Before leaving employees , a limited situation in which it is permissible for the directors to give priority to the interests of employees should be noted . |
| 19 | We now turn to an alternative , fairly recent , intellectual tradition which emphasises the conflict of interests in the work-place and suggests that management , on behalf of capitalist interests , have moulded technical developments so that they suit these interests and run counter to the interests of labour . |
| 20 | The regular clergy remained a major source of friction , however , and the claims of Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries and nunneries could often run counter to the interests of secular nobles . |
| 21 | So while it would be difficult to argue that there were no benefits for Ghana , or for other Third World countries in similar projects , it is quite clear that the interests of the TNCs in obtaining cheap power in Ghana as part of their global industrial strategy run counter to the interests of Ghanaian development . |
| 22 | Throughout her married life she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband . |
| 23 | Ideally , the disintegration and misintegration of the victim should accomplish the detachment of the victim 's will and intelligence from the victim 's own interests and their attachment to the interests of the exploiter . |
| 24 | Once it has been demonstrated how the logic behind the traditional fidelity to the interests of the shareholders is flawed in the context of the large public company , we are free to examine exactly the nature of the stake which shareholders and others have in the company . |
| 25 | Their main significance is that by predicating the breach on damage to the interests of creditors and thus expanding the corporate constituency it no longer automatically follows that the breach should be ratifiable by the shareholders . |
| 26 | The Supreme Loremaster often dispatches them to deal with threats to the interests of the Tower and the Kingdom . |
| 27 | The fragmentation of the state , and the relative autonomy of its constituent agencies , also depends on the degree of permeability of the state to the interests of civil society . |
| 28 | The general subordination of the British state to the interests of civil society has limited the relative autonomy of state groups , although they have had a certain freedom to ‘ navigate ’ between the competing demands of different groups and classes , for example in the realm of industrial relations ( Edwards 1986 : 168–72 ) . |
| 29 | " In so doing he shall give consideration to the interests of employees and the travelling public " . |
| 30 | The problem is how the professional bodies themselves can maintain ethical discipline over members , with regard to the prospect of shareholders seeking high profitability and paying rather less concern to the interests of the company 's clients . |