Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a vested interest " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ask yourself ‘ What are the pay-offs of being shy , and do I have a vested interest in maintaining them ? ’ |
| 2 | But if I was pressed to make a choice , apart from Coldingham Loch , I would have to admit that the Whiteadder River is my favourite Border stream , and I confess that I have a vested interest in Whiteadder . |
| 3 | I have a vested interest in that painting . ’ |
| 4 | Even though the white woman is oppressed herself , she has a vested interest in apartheid . |
| 5 | You will have invested time and effort in the activity and you have a vested interest in seeing a return from the investment . |
| 6 | Having come this far , we had a vested interest in Ashmunein , and we resolutely climbed the largest of its mounds . |
| 7 | Not because we have a vested interest , personal or impersonal , in challenging , compromising or embarrassing the ecclesiastical establishment . |
| 8 | It should be driven instead by our recognition that we have a vested interest in ensuring that the vast quantities of data that are currently being produced by government , publishing houses , banks and information services can support our many and varied processing aims . |
| 9 | One final comment , I have gained the impression from the correspondence in New Scientist that the statements of Associated 0ctel and of the petroleum industry are rejected largely because they have a vested interest , but also because they run counter to the ideas of correspondents . |
| 10 | As up to 4() per cent of their income comes from corporate profits they have a vested interest in working for the common benefit . |
| 11 | Further , once women get themselves into the position of dependent housewives , they have a vested interest in the maintenance of the status quo since it is too late in their lives to think of independent careers , and sexual freedom merely means the freedom for their husbands to seek younger women . |
| 12 | Chemical companies may posture regret , but they have a vested interest in increasing Third World sales , as markets in industrialized countries are shrinking . |
| 13 | I needed their co-operation , because they have a vested interest in the path and could , if antagonised , form a powerful opposition . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ Using estate agents to do this work is dangerous because they have a vested interest in giving high property values . ’ |
| 15 | They have a vested interest in starving Bosnian Muslims out of their remaining enclaves in the eastern part of the republic and controlling whatever comes in by road . |
| 16 | Sir , — I am not at all surprised to read ( EADT March 10 ) that Mr Ken Steward of Cross Green Farm , Cockfield is unhappy about people objecting to Atlas Aggregates proposal to excavate sand and gravel from his land , as he has a vested interest in the project being approved . |
| 17 | It has a vested interest in brainwashing people into believing that they are happy , when in fact they are not and could not possibly be . |