Example sentences of "more than a [adj] interest [prep] " in BNC.

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1 You know , Harry , I get the impression he takes far more than a professional interest in Alice .
2 A third party may assert that it has more than a mere interest in a certain subject , since it has a legal right81 in the subject matter of the dispute , or a right granted under a treaty between the parties .
3 His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs .
4 I had more than a casual interest in politics .
5 One or two events which will be of more than a passing interest to Lothian Highways ' staff have occurred since the first edition of NETWORK was published .
6 There were also rumours that newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell was showing more than a passing interest in Storehouse .
7 This was the brainchild of Martin and Hermon Bond , two farmers , who had more than a passing interest in golf .
8 The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant .
9 Taking more than a passing interest in the glam rock movement of the '70s , Suede 's debut — with it 's thick pounding drum intro , drawled Bowie-like vocals and brash bursts of chugging guitar — was never likely to pass unnoticed .
10 If regional officers were to take more than a passing interest in this pattern of change the writing would have appeared to be on the wall , but as the comments of the regional medical and nursing officers cited above revealed , it was some time before their interest was kindled .
11 After all , Levi admits to more than a passing interest in things financial , shall we say .
12 I forget who had mentioned to me that Geoff was rumoured to be taking more than a passing interest in her .
13 Meanwhile , Falkirk will take more than a passing interest in two Premier Division matches tonight , and hoping that the Old Firm do them a favour by beating fellow strugglers Dundee and Motherwell .
14 Yet Gemma had shown no more than a polite interest in Almsmead while Linnet , who was very dear but not Gemma , after all , had positively thrown herself into all the excitements of housebuilding and furnishing , taking to Far Flatley as if she had been born there .
15 The boy showed no more than a formal interest in her .
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