Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [prep] the interests " in BNC.
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| 1 | This implies that when the balance is temporarily favourable to the working class , the demands that it espouses , whether or not they are in the interests of the dominant class , may be translated into state policy — for example , on social welfare ( see Gough 1979 ; Esping-Andersen and Korpi 1984 ) , workers ' rights and so on . |
| 2 | Colm Henry agrees : ‘ You see , it 's in the interests of the equipment companies to turn people into equipment junkies . |
| 3 | Because the State represents the essence of the community , in people 's minds , it is in the interests of the State to maintain the communities , and not to destroy them , as is the case in the feudal system . |
| 4 | It is no good forcing every kind of ability into one form of education if the result is going to lower the standard which it is in the interests of the country to maintain . ’ |
| 5 | It is in the interests of the local services that elderly people should be cared for at home , so the professionals concerned should be asked to give home carers all the help to which they are entitled . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | In their initiation into both the craft and culture of pedagogy , it is in the interests of novice teachers to conform in order to place their relations with pupils and fellow teachers on a secure base and so to get established in their role . |
| 8 | ‘ It is in the interests of both sides to avoid starting a spiral retaliation , which can only harm exports and damage prospects for a GATT agreement , ’ the Board of Trade president told MPs . |
| 9 | ‘ It is in the interests of both sides to avoid starting a spiral retaliation , which can only harm exports and damage prospects for a GATT agreement , ’ the Board of Trade president told MPs . |
| 10 | It is in the interests of both sexes to maximise the amount of contact with the opposite sex . |
| 11 | 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 … . |
| 12 | It is in the interests of each individual therefore to proclaim clearly among the confusion of swarming fish , that its particular niche is occupied so that no other individual of the same species will poach its territory . |
| 13 | One example might be the ‘ divide and rule ’ thesis presented in Statement D. It is in the interests of employers to use immigrants as a source of cheap labour and this also usefully weakens the workforce politically by creating internal divisions . |
| 14 | For instance , where labour is either particularly demanding or is not in itself particularly fulfilling or interesting one could reasonably say it is in the interests of the workers concerned to work short hours and/or work at a relatively low intensity of labour . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The legal defence was that a civil servant can pass on information if it is in the interests of the state so to do . |
| 18 | In particular , there is no clear relationship between the level of the differential and the objectives of the union ( whether , for example , it is in the interests of the union members to achieve a higher premium ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It is in the interests of particular groups of buyers and sellers to restrict competition between themselves . |
| 21 | That question is not for the Government ; it is for the hon. Gentleman and his party to explain to his constituents why it is in the interests of the patients of Manchester to remove private patients from NHS hospitals , to deny the NHS revenue that private patients bring and to deny benefits to NHS patients in general . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | We want to strengthen that lead , as we believe that it is in the interests of British industry , British science and the world environment . |
| 24 | Investors in People is a standard designed by business , which will be met by business , because it is in the interests of business . |
| 25 | It is in the interests of the ordinary citizen that that should be so . |
| 26 | It is in the interests of this country , therefore , to stand firmer now on foreign policy than appears to be the Government 's position . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Admittedly , they are training on behalf of some of the smaller firms , but it is in the interests of the industry . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It is in the interests of this class that the workers can afford to buy the types of products that it can realistically expect to sell them . |