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 . |