Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] interest in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He maintained a kindly interest in welfare matters , instituting an annual reunion for former employees and an annual tea-party for the children , over which he presided . |
| 2 | Chemists maintained a sporadic interest in related compounds , including ‘ nitrogen mustard ’ , synthesized in 1935 , in which a nitrogen atom replaces the sulphur . |
| 3 | They too were a family of skilled craftsmen and , like so many of the first two generations of South Wales industrial settlers , retained a small interest in country matters , raising pigs and often keeping a pony or two on the outskirts of their villages . |
| 4 | Bretton concludes that in Africa generally , ‘ the public service , in particular the middle and upper level officials , are turned into a privileged social class that soon develops a vested interest in construction of strong defences against rival claimants from less favoured segments of the population ’ ( Bretton 1973 , p. 222 ) . |
| 5 | Emily had never had a head for figures , and her brother-in-law , Marcus Judge , had kept an eye on her finances from the beginning , gradually acquiring a controlling interest in the business . |
| 6 | One of them , Eddy Shah , the former national newspaper owner , said he was no longer interested in a deal with Knighton , but another , Owen Oyston , a local radio-station owner and property entrepreneur , applied to the Football League for permission to obtain a financial interest in United . |
| 7 | There followed a rather more conventional period where his activities seem to have differed little from the other young gentlemen of his day ; he studied scientific works on medicine and the natural sciences and pursued a particular interest in taking thermometer readings under varying conditions , including some from the craters of Italian volcanoes . |
| 8 | They radiated a fierce interest in their work which was at odds with their taciturn manner . |
| 9 | MacGregor has a new interest in coal as he is due to take over shortly as chairman of the National Coal Board . |
| 10 | Where there is no trust beneficiary who has a beneficial interest in possession in the property , of course , some other way of fixing the rate has to be found ; and in the case of Gartside v IRC ( 1968 ) AC 553 the House of Lords has held that where there was a discretionary trust with a power to accumulate income , the interest of the group of beneficiaries did not constitute an ‘ interest in possession ’ for the purposes of estate duty . |
| 11 | This can often be dealt with by notifying the individual of the meeting and its purpose and saying that he will be welcome to attend if he feels that he has a specific interest in the proceedings . |
| 12 | The department also has a specific interest in ensuring N C V O is sensitive to the needs of rural areas , and rural voluntary organisations . |
| 13 | ‘ And be assured , my husband the King has a close interest in these matters . ’ |
| 14 | Thus any person who is seised of land has a protected interest in that land , good against all but those who have a title based on an older seisin . |
| 15 | The trustee has a legal interest in the property ; the beneficiaries have an equitable interest . |
| 16 | Sir : The Royal Statistical Society indeed has a keen interest in government statistics ( 'Moves to monitor use of statistics by Government' , 9 October ) and is planning an open discussion meeting in December , introduced by the head of the Government Statistical Service , on the topic of public confidence in official statistics . |
| 17 | He has a keen interest in popular music and the developing laws and rights in respect of musical performers and songwriters . |
| 18 | He is the author of two booklets and has a keen interest in meditation . |
| 19 | He has a keen interest in contemporary music and is a founder member of the ensemble Capricorn . |
| 20 | All the rooms are individually and very attractively designed ( Bernadette herself has a keen interest in interior design ) . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend has a keen interest in these matters . |
| 22 | He is a veteran of the Scouting movement and has a keen interest in Irish traditional tales , which he tells with gusto . |
| 23 | A. Layout ( Leisurewear ) Ltd is included in the group accounts as a subsidiary undertaking under s 258(4) since A. Layout Plc has a participating interest in the company and both companies are managed on a unified basis . |
| 24 | Such a structure is in contrast to a structure which , once negotiated , is subject to little questioning , which orders activities on a termly or a yearly basis , and which has a declared interest in the future than the present . |
| 25 | You can not , for instance , turn someone into a surfing champion just because he 's at the seaside , but if it turns out that he has a genuine interest in fishing and some skills as a fisherman you can centre pictures and film on that . |
| 26 | In both cases we should satisfy ourselves that our client is committed to the acquisition process and has a genuine interest in the target companies . |
| 27 | Oyston is also chairman and owner of Blackpool Football Club , and is seeking the permission of the League to waive their rule that no one may hold more than 10 per cent of a club if he has a financial interest in another . |
| 28 | The society says that the Crown Estate , the governmental agency responsible for leasing the seabed to fish farmers , is an inappropriate overseer because it has a financial interest in promoting the industry . |
| 29 | The exceptions relate particularly to those cases where the authority has a financial interest in the outcome , or where it applies standards to its own proposals different from those it applies to private sector applications . |
| 30 | Since any comprehensive peace implies a reduction of influence by , and local dependency on , the superpowers , it can not be assumed that either superpower has a strong interest in a genuine peace , unless it is able to derive greater advantage from peace than it can from continued conflict . |