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

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1 You know , Harry , I get the impression he takes far more than a professional interest in Alice .
2 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 .
3 His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs .
4 I had more than a casual interest in politics .
5 There were also rumours that newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell was showing more than a passing interest in Storehouse .
6 This was the brainchild of Martin and Hermon Bond , two farmers , who had more than a passing interest in golf .
7 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 .
8 The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 After all , Levi admits to more than a passing interest in things financial , shall we say .
13 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 .
14 I forget who had mentioned to me that Geoff was rumoured to be taking more than a passing interest in her .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 I will be following their progress with a little more than a passing interest .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 As secretary of that organisation , I have to declare more than a personal interest but the presentation , during the Association 's annual dinner , held for the first time in the Debenture Holders Lounge at The All England Club , was clearly a most popular choice .
21 The boy showed no more than a formal interest in her .
22 For taxpayers , there are the building society TESSAs which allow interest to be credited gross , so long as the original capital remains untouched for five years and no more than the net interest is withdrawn .
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