Example sentences of "[pron] be in our [adj] interests " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of us know that it is in our best interests to play it — we 've never been taught the lines , but we soon catch on to what we 're supposed to say . |
| 2 | But it is in our own interests to act as if they were there . |
| 3 | The important fact is that President Yeltsin is there now , and we have an obligation to assist him ; it is in our own interests to do so . |
| 4 | It is in our own interests to create a profile amongst the unemployed . |
| 5 | We also expect the expert to inform us what is in our best interests , for how can we know this when the technical grounds for such judgements are , by definition , outside our competence . |