Example sentences of "[adj] to [art] interests [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In comparison , Roman law had shown itself flexible and responsive to the interests of creditors . |
| 2 | Alternatively ( as happened in many Third World countries in the 1980s ) they may be responsive to the interests of transnational capital in the shape of the World Bank and the IMF imposing ‘ restructuring ’ policies in order to ensure repayment of Third World debts . |
| 3 | However , in the terms of the theory of the capitalist global system elaborated here , apart from those directly or indirectly responsive to the interests of the TNCs as expressed by the transnational capitalist class , their transnational practices are dis ’ tinctly marginal . |
| 4 | It was , by its very nature , committed first and foremost to the interests of the landed nobility . |
| 5 | Second , the form of the political system means that non-dominant classes have access to the state and hence may influence state policy in directions antipathetic to the interests of capital . |
| 6 | Thus the Treasury faced little opposition to its policies on the basis that the sterling area was in any way harmful to the interests of the colonies . |
| 7 | Such environments are harmful to the interests of ‘ humans or animals … whether they cause suffering or not ’ ( 117 ) . |
| 8 | Escalation of Western military pressure , he said , " risks turning this exclusion zone into an explosion zone … harmful to the interests of the West and the Arab world " . |
| 9 | Furthermore , the system also came under attack as being unfair — hence undermining consent by calling into doubt the legitimacy of both the mode of election and the government produced by it — and for facilitating the adversary relationship between the parties , a relationship that significantly influenced public policy , but did so in a manner harmful to the interests of the country . |
| 10 | The party who seeks to rely on an exclusion clause must show that he/she falls within its protection , and if the clause is in any way ambiguous , the clause will be given the meaning least favourable to the interests of the proferens . |
| 11 | Contra proferentem construction Exclusion clauses will be interpreted strictly and any ambiguity in the clause will be resolved by the court adopting the meaning least favourable to the interests of the party seeking to rely on the clause . |
| 12 | The active membership were not hostile to the interests of non-members as appeared to be the case in the two groups mentioned earlier ( and East Allegheny referred to below ) but felt that there was a difference in neighbourhood perception between owner occupiers and renters . |
| 13 | The first contends that the word ‘ appropriate ’ has built into it a connotation that it is some action inconsistent with the owner 's rights , something hostile to the interests of the owner or contrary to his wishes and intention or without his authority . |
| 14 | Ligachev , for instance , argued in a speech in June 1987 that the ‘ class enemy ’ was hoping that perestroika would undermine the influence of Marxist-Leninist ideology in the USSR and had been making use of it to spread ‘ irresponsible demagogy , hostile to the interests of the toilers ’ . |
| 15 | Similarly , Bentham 's penology — and utilitarianism generally — were functional to the interests of the bourgeoisie at a slightly later historical stage ( Ignatieff , 1979 ; Hogg , 1979 ) . |
| 16 | It is peripheral to the interests of the Highland Board , and it makes considerable demands on the time of Board Staff . |
| 17 | British trade unions in their blanket rejection of such change have let employers initiate flexibility in a way that has been very damaging to the interests of workers and unions . |
| 18 | However conservation policies also affect the careers of bureaucrats and elements of sub-government in a negative sense , putting them in difficult positions since these programmes usually include policy measures which are directly injurious to the interests of the state elite in their private economic capacities . |
| 19 | ‘ Resolved that in consequence of the report of the Committee last mentioned and the charges now exhibited against the said Secretary — this meeting is of the opinion that his conduct has been highly injurious to the Interests of the College and that he be immediately dismissed . ’ |
| 20 | It is a term widely used in planning refusals and appeals ; indeed the phrase ‘ injurious to the interests of amenity ’ has become part of the stock-in-trade jargon of the planning world . |
| 21 | That in view of the foregoing considerations we ask you to ask the Masters " Association to delay any decision hurtful to the interests of women compositors until the women 's case has been given full consideration . |
| 22 | In Northern Ireland , the Kinghan Mission was founded in 1857 in Belfast due to the interests of the Rev. Kinghan who was then Headmaster of the Ulster Institution . |
| 23 | to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue in favour of the holders of ordinary shares where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of the ordinary shareholders are proportionate ( as nearly as may be ) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held or deemed to be held by them , subject only to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with fractional entitlements , legal or practical problems arising in any overseas territory or by virtue of shares being represented by depositary receipts , the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange , or any other matter ; and |
| 24 | to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue in favour of shareholders where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of all shareholders are proportionate [ as nearly as may be ] to their holdings of such shares subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may consider necessary or expedient to deal with fractional entitlements , statutory restrictions or legal or practical problems under or resulting from the application of the laws of any territory or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or stock exchange in any territory ; and |
| 25 | It has not always been easy for those working class voters who see the Greens as an undisciplined bunch , inimical to the interests of industrial society , to keep up with the SPD 's enthusiastic appetite for environmental matters . |
| 26 | In this formulation , while working-class struggle and political action may allow the state to act in ways which are inimical to the interests of specific sectors of capital , it is unlikely that any policies pursued will be inimical to capital in general . |
| 27 | Videotaped interviews should only be excluded if admitting them would be contrary to the interests of justice . |
| 28 | Usually conservation programmes and individual projects have a number of elements , some contrary to the interests of the state elite , others neutral , and occasionally others which could provide opportunities ( e.g. contracts for earthworks , labour recruitment for building of dams , or tax advantages for conservation undertaken on private land ) . |
| 29 | One analysis of the function of these duties is that they ensure that the directors of the company have sufficient discretion and flexibility to be able to manage the company efficiently , whilst precluding them from exercising this discretion contrary to the interests of the shareholders . |
| 30 | Despite the passing of the Children Act 1989 , the inherent jurisdiction of the court could still be invoked in such a case to prevent an abortion which was contrary to the interests of the minor . |