Example sentences of "it is [prep] the public " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ It is in the public interest . ’ |
| 5 | As Lord Wilberforce pointed out , once evidence is brought out in court it is in the public domain ; unless the terms of relevant legislation or international agreements provide otherwise , there is nothing to prevent other interested persons or authorities acting upon the information thus made available . |
| 6 | ( 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must show not only that the information is confidential but also show that it is in the public interest that it should not be published , continued , at pp. 283–284 : |
| 7 | Kagan arrived in my office and proceeded to tell me a story , which I can now recount as it is in the public domain . |
| 8 | ( 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I must consider whether there is a realistic prospect of a conviction and whether it is in the public interest to prosecute . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |