Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be [prep] the interests " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questions relating to an offence may not be put to a person after he has been charged with that offence , or informed that he may be prosecuted for it , unless they are necessary for the purpose of preventing or minimising harm or loss to some other person or to the public or for clearing up an ambiguity in a previous answer or statement , or where it is in the interests of justice that the person should have put to him and have an opportunity to comment on information concerning the offence which has come to light since he was charged or informed that he might be prosecuted . |
| 2 | A defence is provided in section 4(1) of the Act for cases in which ‘ it is proved that publication … is justified as being for the public good on the ground that it is in the interests of science , literature , art or learning , or other objects of general concern ’ . |
| 3 | It has been widely accepted that it is in the interests of individual patients , that psychiatric treatment and services should be provided as near as is reasonably practicable to the patient 's home and community … . |
| 4 | My answer to the first part of his question is that in the few weeks that I have had my present portfolio , two or three times in public I have stated my firm belief that it is in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland , the police and the security forces — indeed , in the interests of all of us — that the law be applied even-handedly and that those responsible for applying the law should do so . |
| 5 | We want to strengthen that lead , as we believe that it is in the interests of British industry , British science and the world environment . |
| 6 | I believe that it is in the interests not only of the United Kingdom but of the whole world that we should seek to pursue much more vigorously the possibility of a comprehensive ban on nuclear testing . |
| 7 | It should be recognised that it is in the interests of all firms involved in the provision of financial services that regulation is adequate and seen to be adequate by investors , or custom will be lost for all concerned . |
| 8 | It could therefore be argued that it was in the interests of the Soviet Union to see the Korean peninsula in the hands of a friendly regime and American-Japanese interests pushed out of the Asian continent . |
| 9 | And in this case you would not agree to statement being written , say being read out , you would n't require him to be present , and it could not be introduced under section twenty four because the court would find that it was in the interests of ju justice that it does n't . |
| 10 | At one institution a group of medical officers argued that it was against the interests of most long-term hospital residents with chronic illnesses to be resettled in community units . |
| 11 | That connection was now leaderless and it was in the interests of both the affinity and Gloucester to come to a rapid agreement . |
| 12 | That connection was now leaderless and it was in the interests of both the affinity and Gloucester to come to a rapid agreement . |
| 13 | The legal defence was that a civil servant can pass on information if it is in the interests of the state so to do . |
| 14 | If it is in the interests of the development , a single Stage 2 submission from a consortium may be accepted provided it sets out clearly the ability of each course team to deliver and the ability of each centre to support the course or the units which it proposes to offer . |
| 15 | If it is against the interests of the working class to cooperate with capitalists , there are nevertheless two possible ways of persuading them to do so . |
| 16 | Admittedly , they are training on behalf of some of the smaller firms , but it is in the interests of the industry . |
| 17 | Plainly there are different degrees of misbehaviour and the partners will not readily resort to the extreme sanction of expulsion , but it is in the interests of the firm that a tendency to depart from proper professional standards be investigated and warnings handed down at an early stage before serious harm is done . |
| 18 | Investors in People is a standard designed by business , which will be met by business , because it is in the interests of business . |
| 19 | A duty of care founded on creditor interests , in contrast , might in theory constrain the pursuit of maximum profits since it is in the interests of creditors that the company should undertake low risk , but sub-profit- maximising , projects , given an entitlement to a fixed return . |
| 20 | It builds on existing , more limited arrangements that we have already introduced , which rely on suitable cases being referred to an adjudication officer who considers whether it is in the interests of the claimant for direct payments to be made . |
| 21 | In practice , this is unlikely to prove a problem for directors of private companies who are probably also the shareholders , but directors of public companies do have to consider whether it is in the interests of the company and the shareholders to agree to a lock-out clause at a figure which may not be the highest obtainable . |