Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [prep] the [adj] interest " in BNC.

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1 I believe it 's in the best interest of all the family .
2 He 's not Robinson Crusoe , there are other old newspaper owners so he will say okay the government in Australia is doing what I like , therefore my newspapers or usually most of my newspapers , in fact one or two of them wo n't , will support that government and that government can be totally different one in the United States where in the Washington Post or you know in the New York Post or whatever will go and attack or support because he thinks it 's in the less interest that his commercial interest and the U S because he sees us doing the same thing there .
3 Unlike media reporting of the actual events , ‘ I ca n't even see how it 's in the public interest . ’
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 In fact , Bonanno and Vickers ( 1988 , p. 260 ) show the following proposition : ‘ if franchise fees can be used to extract the retailers ' profits , it is in the individual interest of each manufacturer to choose vertical separation and charge his retailer a wholesale price in excess of unit production cost ’ whether the other is integrated or separated .
6 It has all necessary powers to look again at the problem it has created and decide whether it is in the overall interest of the locality to have a commercial port .
7 It is in the best interest of the school to make sure that the meals offered on the premises are value for money , nutritionally sound and are attractive to children .
8 There is a need on the part of the school to ensure that this is not a hasty decision , that it is in the best interest of the child and that it will not be a decision that parents will either want to reverse or repeat when any problem or difficulty arises .
9 It is in the shared interest of of the parties I 'm describing that this county should be able to attract and accommodate er inward investment of strategic significance to help the people of this county find the due employment that they need .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 It is in the public interest . ’
13 ( 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 :
14 ( 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 .
15 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 .
16 I must consider whether there is a realistic prospect of a conviction and whether it is in the public interest to prosecute . ’
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 We would argue that because the environmental and social costs are so high , it is in the national interest to ensure that opencast production is kept to a minimum .
26 The planning implications of this policy became clear in Minerals Planning Guidance Note 3 ( 1988 ) : ‘ Opencast coal can often be produced cheaply and profitably … ( it ) is also an integral part of British Coal 's overall production and makes a vital contribution to their finances … it is in the national interest to maximise production where that can be done in an environmentally acceptable way ’ .
27 Hence , it is in the national interest that no further ground be conceded when the ‘ harmonisation ’ agreement is renegotiated in two years time .
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