Example sentences of "[vb infin] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor does the thesis claim that authorities should always act in the interests of their subjects . |
| 2 | Only a parent has such a right , and even then the parent may only act in the best interests of the patient . |
| 3 | A hill or valley can often act in the same way as an enormous sail and bend the wind over a large area . |
| 4 | He is required by statute , before he can act in the office of councillor , to make the declaration of acceptance of office . |
| 5 | But the steroids in the Pill are of a different sort — they are the female sex hormones ( or closely related chemicals ) and they do not act in the same way as corticosteroids . |
| 6 | the management of the target company must act in the interest of all the shareholders and not frustrate the bid , |
| 7 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 8 | It was inevitable that both would act in the same interests , and command support against putative extravagance and recklessness . |
| 9 | Ever-loyal Leigh says that 's grossly unfair on a woman who proved she could act in the movie Madame Sousatzka and that she could sing and dance in the film version of Thirties musical The Boyfriend . |
| 10 | He must act in the purity of the moment . |
| 11 | Altering the structure does not necessarily tackle practices and the more fundamental issues of how the media should treat and explain the complexity of contemporary social problems or how they should act in the face of the increasing ability of governments and other authorities to control and manipulate information . |
| 12 | Hence the state can act in the long-run interests of capital against the current wishes of short-sighted capitalists . |
| 13 | is that a person who acts as a representative of another is in a conflict of interest situation if , either at the time when he accepts appointment or subsequently while he acts as a representative , there is a material interest of his own or of a third person for whom he also acts , and the pursuit or protection of that interest would create a substantial risk that he may not act in the best way to pursue or protect the interest of the person he represents . |
| 14 | The facts that huissiers are appointed or licensed by the state and have a defined role in Codes of Civil Procedure in respect of service enable them to be treated as in a similar position to the competent state officials , and direct communication from huissier to huissier ( who will then act in the state of destination to involve the local parquet ) can be authorised . |
| 15 | But , read the chapter this way or that , if there was ever a case for recognising that unions have a right to share in the management of companies , that case depended critically upon a general expectation — amounting to a near-certainty — that , rather than give primacy to their sectional interests , unions would and could act in the general interest whenever it was necessary or desirable for them to do so . |
| 16 | Advertising and public relations can try to improve or change the image of a client but this is always limited by the nature of how the reputation was built and earned in the first place and how the client will really act in the future . |
| 17 | Enough has been said , however , to make it clear that regulation need not necessarily act in the public interest . |
| 18 | The direction of the force is obvious , it can only act in the line connecting the two point charges . |
| 19 | These are likely to be self-serving , but , in Berle and Means ' view , the possibility is also opened up that rather than furthering their own interests , or those of the shareholders as currently required by law , management might act in the interests of society as a whole , evolving into a ‘ purely neutral technocracy balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ . |
| 20 | The teacher in higher education should be trying to promote genuine independence of mind , rather than act in the guise of a pied piper . |
| 21 | It does not matter very much which interests run the state , they will always act in the interests of the preservation of the capitalist mode of production . |
| 22 | ( 4 ) A member of a licensing board shall not act in the granting of a licence in respect of premises of which he is the proprietor , tenant or sub-tenant . |
| 23 | He is a representative who must act in the best interests of all his constituents . |
| 24 | It means , according to , ‘ meeting the client , not just during a transaction but regularly to show an interest in the business and make the client comfortable , that while a lawyer is there primarily to earn a living he or she will act in the best interests of the business rather than in the best interests of the till . ’ |
| 25 | They do not act in the full light of day but deal in subtle trickery , clever fetches , secret assassinations , and every filthy trick of the devil . |
| 26 | Subject to this constraint and the firm 's other technical standards we must always act in the best interests of our client . |
| 27 | The firm should not normally act in the role of principal during the course of divestment negotiations , but only in a professional or agency role . |
| 28 | He did not feel that he needed to apologize , and said that if similar circumstances arose he would act in the same way . |
| 29 | In considering Germany , Italy and the empire , Innocent 's dream was that Henry VI 's son , Frederick , should act in the interests of the Church . |
| 30 | It could be that social psychologists have much to learn from the practical knowledge contained in common everyday sense and could more usefully pursue questions of how common sense helps us act in the world , instead of criticising its supposed inadequacies and developing new improved uncommon sense based on the laboratory subject . |