Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] interests [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) That since it could not be said that the jury would inevitably have convicted the defendant if before the trial the defence had been given the statement of the deceased 's husband and the two statements of her sister , if the jury had properly been directed with regard to evidence as to the defendant 's previous good character , and if they had received guidance from the judge on their problem concerning the evidence , the proviso to section 14(1) of the Judicature ( Appellate Jurisdiction ) Act could not be applied to uphold the conviction ; and that , accordingly , the case would be remitted to the Court of Appeal of Jamaica with the direction that it should quash the conviction and either enter a verdict of acquittal or order a new trial , whichever it considered proper in the interests of justice ( post , p. 169C–D , G–H ) . |
| 2 | Accordingly , their Lordships will humbly advise Her Majesty that the appeal should be allowed and the case remitted to the Court of Appeal with the direction that that court should quash the conviction of the defendant and either enter a verdict of acquittal or order a new trial , whichever course it considers proper in the interests of justice . |
| 3 | In comparison , Roman law had shown itself flexible and responsive to the interests of creditors . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , in a letter to the BMC , Longleat Estate have made it clear that any cleaning work necessary to stabilise climbs will be done on the advice of its own specialists , dependent on the interests of tourists and the estate 's employees and not undertaken from a climbing perspective . |
| 6 | The general principle is that advocates ' rights should be determined only by whether they are properly trained and members of a professional body whose rules of conduct are ‘ appropriate in the interests of justice in relation to the court or proceedings concerned ’ . |
| 7 | The demise of the Civil Service Department may have been due to a feeling by ministers that it was too conscious of the interests of staff . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In view of the conclusion which their Lordships have reached , namely , that the defendant 's conviction should be quashed and that it must be for the Court of Appeal in Jamaica to say whether a new trial should be ordered , their Lordships consider that it is unnecessary , and indeed undesirable in the interests of justice , to examine the rival contentions and the facts to which they relate with the same particularity as their Lordships would have felt bound to do if their recommendation had been in favour of dismissing the appeal . |
| 10 | The Takeover Panel is largely concerned with the interests of shareholders during takeovers . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Labour 's planning controls and proposals for access would be directly contrary to the interests of farmers in the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | Does the right hon. Gentleman accept that it would be contrary to the interests of patient care to force through a proposal that is opposed by consultants , nursing staff , general practitioners , patients and the general public ? |
| 16 | Videotaped interviews should only be excluded if admitting them would be contrary to the interests of justice . |
| 17 | It was Mr. Newman 's submission that the matters to which regard should be had in the present case were ( 1 ) the lapse of time between the commission of the alleged offences and the request for extradition , and ( 2 ) the fact that the accusation against the applicant was contrary to the interests of justice , in that it would lead to the trial of the applicant in Sweden on the basis of the record of Price 's evidence , despite the fact that Price had subsequently retracted that evidence in this country in so far as it implicated the applicant . |
| 18 | Furthermore , it ‘ will not join in and will seek to prevent efforts by others to bring about consideration of proposals which it and Israel agree are detrimental to the interests of Israel ’ . |
| 19 | Sections 34–43 give the Director power to act against someone who in the course of business persistently breaks the law ( civil or criminal ) in a way detrimental to the interests of consumers . |
| 20 | But if the operation of the Act should prove as detrimental to the interests of trade as many of them imagined , said ‘ A Merchants Clerk ’ in his letter to The Times of 22 August 1844 , they were surely powerful enough to cause their just complaints to be heard . |
| 21 | It does have certain points in its favour which are found in the hypnotic technique too , and which I consider vital in the interests of safety and authenticity : |
| 22 | The board considered that although the investigation ordered by the Chief Executive on 18 October 1990 is not yet complete the imposition of the restrictions referred to above is necessary in the interests of investors given the evidence before it highlighting serious deficiencies in Norwich Union 's internal systems for monitoring the performance of the Winchester Group and in particular ensuring that the Winchester Group complied with the Code of Conduct . |
| 23 | In order for the company to know who took the document , to sue for recovery and damages , ‘ disclosure is necessary in the interests of justice ’ . |
| 24 | In Britain the Contempt of Court Act 1981 allows a court to order disclosure if necessary in the interests of justice or national security , or for the prevention of disorder or crime . |
| 25 | A court of the United States may order the issuance of a subpoena requiring the appearance as a witness before it , or before a person or body designated by it , of a national or resident of the United States who is in a foreign country , or requiring the production of a specified document or other thing by him , if the court finds that particular testimony or the production of the document or other thing by him is necessary in the interests of justice , and , in other than a criminal action or proceeding , if the court finds , in addition , that it is not possible to obtain his testimony in admissible form without his personal appearance or to obtain the production of the document or other thing in any other manner . |
| 26 | ‘ No court may require a person to disclose , nor is any person guilty of contempt of court for refusing to disclose , the source of information contained in a publication for which he is responsible , unless it be established to the satisfaction of the court that disclosure is necessary in the interests of justice or national security or for the prevention of disorder or crime . |
| 27 | The speeches of ministers have reiterated the themes that it is not the job of government to solve as many problems as previously , that ministers should be more attentive to the interests of taxpayers when spending public money , that ‘ real ’ jobs will be created and sustained not by government subsidy but by workers making goods which people will buy , that the criterion of ‘ value for money ’ be applied to public-sector activities , and that the private sector should be encouraged because it creates the wealth which the public sector requires . |
| 28 | The legislation merely states that ‘ if it appears to a local planning authority that it is expedient in the interests of amenity ’ , it may take certain action , in relation , for example , to unsightly neglected waste land or to the preservation of trees . |
| 29 | Indeed , the powers which local authorities have with regard to trees can be exercised only if it is ‘ expedient in the interests of amenity ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ Subject to the following provisions of this rule , the board may , in any case where it appears to them that it is desirable in the interests of investors , exercise any of the powers conferred by paragraphs ( 2 ) to ( 7 ) below . |