Example sentences of "than a [adj] interest in " 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 His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs .
3 I had more than a casual interest in politics .
4 There were also rumours that newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell was showing more than a passing interest in Storehouse .
5 This was the brainchild of Martin and Hermon Bond , two farmers , who had more than a passing interest in golf .
6 The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 After all , Levi admits to more than a passing interest in things financial , shall we say .
10 I forget who had mentioned to me that Geoff was rumoured to be taking more than a passing interest in her .
11 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 .
12 You know , Harry , I get the impression he takes far more than a professional interest in Alice .
13 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 .
14 ‘ Why do you continue to pretend that there is nothing more between us than a common interest in two wayward adolescents ? ’
15 The boy showed no more than a formal interest in her .
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