Example sentences of "than a [adj] interest " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | He said : ‘ There is no greater hypocrisy than a vested interest masquerading as a moral principle . |
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 | There were also rumours that newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell was showing more than a passing interest in Storehouse . |
6 | This was the brainchild of Martin and Hermon Bond , two farmers , who had more than a passing interest in golf . |
7 | The ferreting season has just ended and those people with no more than a passing interest , perhaps a failed interest , will then be keen to dispose of their stock rather than feed and maintain them to the start of another season . |
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 | If his mother 's ambition for him was not discouraged by any of the family , neither had it occasioned much more than a passing interest . |
12 | After all , Levi admits to more than a passing interest in things financial , shall we say . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | I forget who had mentioned to me that Geoff was rumoured to be taking more than a passing interest in her . |
15 | Immediately — and this can be well understood — Coastal Command had more than a passing interest because it was having a desperate struggle with the U-boats in the Atlantic and , naturally , it was very keenly supported by the Admiralty and the Navy to boot , to get hold of this latest model . |
16 | Ruth did n't want to get drawn into all that again and besides , his tone had n't indicated anything more than a passing interest . |
17 | I will be following their progress with a little more than a passing interest . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | You know , Harry , I get the impression he takes far more than a professional interest in Alice . |
20 | As secretary of that organisation , I have to declare more than a personal interest but the presentation , during the Association 's annual dinner , held for the first time in the Debenture Holders Lounge at The All England Club , was clearly a most popular choice . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | But that is what the arrangement was : an alliance rather than a consolidated interest or a genuinely shared culture . |
23 | The boom has less to do with an ageing population than a growing interest from collectors and American tourists . |
24 | ‘ Why do you continue to pretend that there is nothing more between us than a common interest in two wayward adolescents ? ’ |
25 | The boy showed no more than a formal interest in her . |
26 | If the vendor shareholders are willing to accept this form of deferred consideration , with the debentures carrying less than an arm's-length interest rate , there is obviously a funding advantage to Newco . |