Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [prep] the public [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Seager v Copydex Ltd [ 1967 ] 1 WLR 923 it was adopted by Lord Denning MR who added the following point concerning the difficulties which arise where part of the information disclosed to the defendant is only partly within the public domain : When the information is mixed , being partly public and partly private , then the recipient must take special care to use only the material which is in the public domain . |
| 2 | Unlike media reporting of the actual events , ‘ I ca n't even see how it 's in the public interest . ’ |
| 3 | It 's in the public domain . |
| 4 | The right of free speech is one which it is for the public interest that individuals should possess , and , indeed , that they should exercise without impediment , so long as no wrongful act is done . |
| 5 | It is in the public interest for challenges to the exercise of public powers to be made promptly , so that the administration and citizens alike know what the law is . |
| 6 | CHILDREN IN SEX CASES Save in exceptional circumstances where it is in the public interest to do so , newspapers should not , even where the law permits it , identify children as victims , witnesses or defendants involved in cases concerning sexual offences . |
| 7 | ‘ It is in the public interest . ’ |
| 8 | ( No. 2 ) [ 1990 ] 1 A.C. 109 , after reference to the principle of law that , in cases concerned with government secrets , the Crown , in order to restrain disclosure , must show not only that the information is confidential but also show that it is in the public interest that it should not be published , continued , at pp. 283–284 : |
| 9 | ( 1 ) Where on a complaint being made to a licensing board by any person or body mentioned in section 16(1) of this Act the board is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so , it may , in accordance with the provisions of this section , suspend a licence . |
| 10 | Support for such a fund goes back to the Evershed Committee in 1953 , which recommended that a fund should be available for actions at first instance and on appeal , certified by the Attorney-General as raising a question of law of exceptional public interest which it is in the public interest to clarify . |
| 11 | I must consider whether there is a realistic prospect of a conviction and whether it is in the public interest to prosecute . ’ |
| 12 | And he says while it may be understandable that Channel 4 is reluctant to see so much of their dirty linen washed in public he argues that it is in the public interest that this should happen . |
| 13 | I am forwarding copies of this correspondence to the BBC 's ‘ Watchdog ’ programme , as I believe it is in the public interest that these facts are made known . |
| 14 | One further point is that , in addition to statutory defences to copyright infringement , there is a defence of public interest , for example , if it is in the public interest that a program listing is published . |
| 15 | The court must particularly bear in mind in the case of a legally aided plaintiff that it is in the public interest to have such an early disclosure , which might affect the bringing or continuance of legal proceedings ; if discovery is ordered and it discloses that there is no case , then that is an end to it . |
| 16 | On the strength of this case , Lord Denning has argued , extra-judicially , that " if newspapers or television receive or obtain information fairly from a reliable and responsible source , which it is in the public interest that the public should know , then there is a qualified privilege to publish it . |
| 17 | Lord Keith at p 640 said , as a general rule it is in the public interest that confidences should be respected , and the encouragement of such respect may in itself constitute a sufficient ground for recognising and enforcing the obligation of confidence even where the confider can point to no specific detriment to himself . |
| 18 | But it is clear enough to anyone dealing in checks who thinks about the matter that it is in the public interest to deny collection in those circumstances . |
| 19 | The Press Complaints Authority has backed the press in its recent coverage of Heritage Minister David Mellor 's private life , saying it is in the public interest . |
| 20 | As Lord Wilberforce pointed out , once evidence is brought out in court it is in the public domain ; unless the terms of relevant legislation or international agreements provide otherwise , there is nothing to prevent other interested persons or authorities acting upon the information thus made available . |
| 21 | Kagan arrived in my office and proceeded to tell me a story , which I can now recount as it is in the public domain . |
| 22 | I could have taken him if he 's on the public highway , I could have taken him to the police station . |
| 23 | They " must set the standards of what is acceptable , of what is for the public good in the age in which we live " . |
| 24 | As Griffiths LJ explained in Lion Laboratories Ltd v Evans " I believe that the so-called iniquity rule evolved because in most cases where the facts justified a publication in breach of confidence the plaintiff had behaved so disgracefully or criminally that it was judged in the public interest that his behaviour should be exposed " and , as he aptly stated , " there is a world of difference between what is in the public interest and what is of interest to the public " . |