Example sentences of "[is] [adv] in the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In J v C [ 1970 ] AC 668 Lord Macdermott described it as : … a process whereby , when all the relevant facts , relationships , claims and wishes of parents , risks , choices and other circumstances are taken into account and weighed , the course to be followed will be that which is most in the interests of the child 's welfare as that term has now to be understood . |
| 2 | Holding and transferring bibliographic information is presumably in the interests of the data subject ( the author ) and is vital for the efficient running of the book industry . ’ |
| 3 | Judicial independence means that judges are not dependent on governments in ways which might influence them in coming to decisions in individual cases , though their promotion , like their appointment , is effectively in the hands of the Lord Chancellor with , nowadays , a measure of Prime Ministerial intervention . |
| 4 | The most remarkable fact about the appointment of judges is that it is wholly in the hands of politicians . |
| 5 | As we have seen , the residential care of elderly people is predominantly in the hands of private companies . |
| 6 | Photography 's comprehensive guide to what 's on in the galleries . |
| 7 | There 's on in the bedrooms ? |
| 8 | Well , it 's only in the interests of the council . |
| 9 | I realise that it is constantly in the interests of the Opposition to belittle the Government 's successes , but that is certainly one . |
| 10 | " The market is down in the dumps . |
| 11 | It is only in the states of Western Europe , in the countries of the British Commonwealth , in the United States of America , and in a few Latin-American states that government is carried on with due regard to the limitations imposed by a Constitution ; it is only in these states that truly ‘ constitutional government ’ can be said to exist … |
| 12 | Further , it is only in the Fellowships that they will get sufficient identification with other sufferers to be able to see that there is hope for recovery when they do finally admit defeat . |
| 13 | It is only in the laws of Wihtraed c . |
| 14 | The education of very small children is entirely in the hands of the mother and nurse . |
| 15 | House Music Competitions The Senior House Music Competition in the Second Term is entirely in the hands of the pupils . |
| 16 | But it is perhaps in the attempts of Francis Bacon in the seventeenth century that the origins of a concern with social features of knowledge as introducing distortions are to be found . |
| 17 | Well it 's already in the minutes . |
| 18 | ( This option only appears if you have Full Menus selected so if it is not in the Options menu first activate Full Menus ) Use Freeze Panes to fix the position of the Split bars . |
| 19 | It should be remembered by the advisers that , following completion , the management and the investors will work together as a team and it is not in the investors ' interests to antagonise or demoralise their management team at the outset . |
| 20 | Your Directors firmly believe that the proposed addition to Article 93 is not in the interests of the general body of shareholders . |
| 21 | Seas are overfished , pastures overgrazed , wild animals hunted to near extinction , or smoke released into the atmosphere , because it is not in the interests of one individual to reduce his consumption if others do not . |
| 22 | If I judge that the agreement is not in the interests of this country , it would not be right for me to sign it and I will not sign it . |
| 23 | That is not in the interests of this country , or of our partners in Europe . |
| 24 | It is not in the interests of the drinks industry to encourage alcohol abuse and no matter how small the percentage of abusers , it will always be too high . |
| 25 | But it is not in the forces involved that I would locate the main divide in Britten 's operas . |
| 26 | I feel that these difficulties have gone on too long for there to be a realistic prospect of change in time for these children and given their improvement whilst in foster care , where they are not brought up in their parents ' conflict , it is not in the children 's interests for them to go and live with the father and that they need to be placed in an environment with permanent substitute parents , who can meet the boys ' physical , emotional , educational and social needs . |
| 27 | He adds that it is not in the traders ' interests for the elephants to die out . |
| 28 | The meaning is not in the words it 's in the way you say it is n't it ? |
| 29 | The dynamic principle in the construction of the tale is not in the events narrated but in their manner of presentation . |
| 30 | His giving him possession also of the registration document made no difference since a registration document is not in the eyes of the law a document of title . |