Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [adv] be in [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The glucose testing kit … ’ she said rather blankly , not quite understanding how it could still be in her hands .
2 It would clearly be in their interests for them to agree to bid £10 an acre for one-half the acreage each .
3 The TEC had more than 100 contracts with training providers , and it would not be in their interest to have such details publicly disclosed .
4 Even if he could , it would not be in his ( agricultural ) interest to do so anyway .
5 It would not be in our interests to set up new defence structures that would undermine the role of NATO in safeguarding our defence .
6 Not out of any love or loyalty for me , but because it would not be in your interests to do so … ’
7 Since you get the same quantity of national defence as everyone else , whether or not you pay for it , it would never be in your interest to purchase national defence in a free private market .
8 After all , if what I think you are supposing is true , it would hardly be in my interest for such information to emerge .
9 It will always be in his mind . ’
10 So long as the Crown maintains armed forces for the defence of the realm , it can not be in its interest that any part of them should be immobilised .
11 We believe that it can only be in our interests that they get it right .
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