Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [art] [adj] interest " in BNC.

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1 one or two members who are resident in St Albans did ask me about their position on item two St Albans Transport Study er the advice that I gave them was that unless they er did which is likely to be affected by any identifiable schemes in the study they do not have a need to declare either a pecuniary or a non-pecuniary interest .
2 The Bank has made it clear that the implied interest rate in such deals will be designed to discourage the use of the lender of last resort facility by the discount houses .
3 This means that short-term interest rates on loans due to mature in a year tend to be generally lower than the long-term interest rate on loans of longer maturity .
4 In a true political democracy , such a declaration is of course perfectly allowable ; and none the less so for least that the general interest will not suffer from the exercise of the right ; and that the loss or diminution of any other opposed rights can be justified .
5 Rousseau was emphatic that the general interest of society was not the mere sum of individuals ' interests , any more than the general will was the mere sum of individual wills .
6 You can choose either a fixed or a floating interest rate at the start and can switch between them during your loan .
7 You can choose either a fixed or a floating interest rate at the start and can switch between them during the loan .
8 If the investor were to return to sterling at some time in the future , the rate of exchange might be such that the extra interest earned would be completely eroded away .
9 In this area there is an important connection , which I mentioned before , between what I called the normative and the explanatory interest .
10 Up and down the country , Opposition Front-Benchers have come out with protestations about what they will give this , that and the other interest group ; the document will make clear the order of priorities , and will begin to explain how the expenditure will be paid for .
11 ‘ July and August are normally quiet , but this year has been exceptional and the latest interest rate rise wo n't help , ’ he said .
12 On 4 July the FT-SE 100 index stood at 2400 while the risk-free interest rate for the period to the end of March ( r ) was 8% , and the present value of the dividends on the shares in the index ( D ) was £1500 .
13 So although a voluntary unanimity among participating citizens could certainly be regarded as an authentic expression of what all wanted as individuals , even that would not in itself ensure that the general good or the general interest was being realized .
14 You know , Harry , I get the impression he takes far more than a professional interest in Alice .
15 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 .
16 His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs .
17 I had more than a casual interest in politics .
18 There were also rumours that newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell was showing more than a passing interest in Storehouse .
19 This was the brainchild of Martin and Hermon Bond , two farmers , who had more than a passing interest in golf .
20 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 .
21 The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 After all , Levi admits to more than a passing interest in things financial , shall we say .
26 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 .
27 I forget who had mentioned to me that Geoff was rumoured to be taking more than a passing interest in her .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 I will be following their progress with a little more than a passing interest .
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