Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [prep] [art] interests " 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 Well , it 's only in the interests of the council .
4 I realise that it is constantly in the interests of the Opposition to belittle the Government 's successes , but that is certainly one .
5 But it 's still in the interests of a subadult to try to mate with any snail that passes , in the hope of getting a bargain mating .
6 An architecture centre is in danger of doing the same thing and , to that extent , is distinctly against the interests of the membership as a whole .
7 You know very often a parent , if a parent senses a child it 's partly in the interests of reality you know , like I say to my younger son you know , look if I buy you a third Big Mac , let's face it , you wo n't be able to eat it .
8 Even if the child is difficult , the court can order a blood test if it is clearly in the interests of the child , just as it can order an operation in the case of a ward of court .
9 It is clearly in the interests of the Royal Navy and of the taxpayer that there should be competitive tendering to obtain the lowest price .
10 It is also in the interests of a tyrant to make his subjects poor , so that … the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting .
11 I am negotiating for an agreement that reflects our national interests and is also in the interests of a wider Europe .
12 Conveyancing is not litigation , and it is often in the interests of clients to assist the seller 's solicitor in trying to perfect an imperfect title .
13 ‘ It is plainly in the interests of the more efficient administration of justice that there should be split trials in appropriate cases , as even where the decision on the first part of a split trial is such that there will have to be a second part , it may be desirable that the decision shall be appealed before incurring the possibly unnecessary expense of the second part .
14 Now his argument against this is not that actual right to property , but it 's actually against the interests of the uneducated poor to equalize property
15 It is therefore in the interests of bureaucrats to go for increased staffing levels as a means of constructing such coalitions , and the implications of this clearly point to increased waste and inefficiency , since , having bid for a maximum budget , within that budget , instead of adopting the most efficient form of production and delivery of services , ‘ bureaucrats ’ can be expected to choose the most labour-intensive .
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