Example sentences of "has [adj] interest " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ TINY ’ ROWLAND , chairman of the Lonrho group , which has extensive interests in Kenya , yesterday said he had discussed the Julie Ward case with the country 's president , Daniel arap Moi . |
| 2 | He has strong interests in education , and management training and much experience of negotiating with government , something that we all need in N C V O. For some years he 's been a member of the Council for Voluntary Service Overseas . |
| 3 | The professional-managerial class also has different interests from the ruling class . |
| 4 | Because that country has high interest rates to combat inflation , the escudo shot like a scud missile to the top of its variation bands in the mechanism , putting further pressure on sterling until yesterday . |
| 5 | The United States has global interests , and keeping the present far-from-stable nuclear balance in the world from getting less stable still is one of them . |
| 6 | The world still has vast interests in the private sector that often go unchallenged ; the need for good public services is probably more important than ever ; and there exists still cruel poverty for many millions amidst great wealth … |
| 7 | He is likely to remind his colleagues meeting in Luxembourg today that ENI , the large Italian state-owned holding company , still has substantial interests in the Libyan petroleum industry , Italian diplomatic sources said last night . |
| 8 | ‘ This telephone has rung four times in this house since it was installed in January , and the first call brought us news of the Glasgow Ribbon Society , the Fenian Dynamitards destroying the Tradeston gas-works in which my poor husband has substantial interests . |
| 9 | Catherine has considerable interest in interior design and the Coach House is attractively decorated throughout ; each room ( all face south ) has its own mood and character and one has a four-poster bed . |
| 10 | It has particular interest in that we all know what the word means and yet none of us know what curiosity actually is . |
| 11 | I am vulnerable to the inference here that my inquiry has vested interests ; that because I am an African-American and a writer I stand to benefit in ways not limited to intellectual fulfilment from this line of questioning . |
| 12 | Now it may be quite legitimate to point out that this or that minority group has vested interests which run counter to the interest or good of the great majority . |
| 13 | It has been held , for example , that a gypsy living on a caravan site provided by a local authority under statute has sufficient interest to challenge a decision by the authority no longer to provide the site or any alternative ; and to challenge a decision by the Minister not to exercise his statutory default power . |
| 14 | In England the courts are almost certain to take the view that the way taxes are spent is a political question which the courts are not the proper bodies to consider , and that no taxpayer has sufficient interest to raise this matter in court . |
| 15 | But Lord Justice Woolf has written that , as a result of this case , usually it is not until the application has been heard on the merits that it can be decided whether the applicant has sufficient interest , and it is rare in cases which may otherwise be meritorious for leave to be refused on the ground of lack of standing . |
| 16 | AW has significant interests in wines and spirits , and is also an important hotel operator . |