Example sentences of "[adj] interest in " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , there was a powerful and widespread revolt against the rather cold and abstract notion of reason which had earlier held the field , and a fresh interest in the whole range of human experience , including feeling and emotion . |
| 2 | New strategies for regional distribution were called for , and a fresh interest in the regions was shown by Whitehall . |
| 3 | Anyone with the slightest interest in aviation will know of the array of technical devices which enable a pilot to navigate himself and his aircraft with pinpoint accuracy around the globe . |
| 4 | He seemed to have not the slightest interest in what she was saying . |
| 5 | The person I had seen could have not the slightest interest in a beat-up old poet like me . |
| 6 | ‘ Certainly you can , ’ Stanley replied , obviously surprised and delighted that anyone should show the slightest interest in his wide-ranging collection . |
| 7 | I went to Croke Park and I had not the slightest interest in Protestantism but I did come from a Fermanagh family where you did live cheek by jowl with republicanism so I had imbibed it undoubtedly and it resurfaced , the inherited knowledge of the heart of the controversy in Ulster . |
| 8 | Wading through the stream of overwhelmingly affectionate obituaries , I could not find a single phrase to support the view that Mr P ever had the slightest interest in the games that people play . |
| 9 | If I were a woman I would n't have the slightest interest in it either . |
| 10 | My initial homesickness at school soon gave way to a dread of going home , home to a place where no one understood me , no one spoke the same language as I did , and no one showed the slightest interest in what I had been doing , thinking or feeling during my absence . |
| 11 | Seldom in my experience did English women demonstrate the slightest interest in learning from us , from our struggles and from our political experiences . |
| 12 | She had also become agnostic , and could see no sense in expecting a God to take the slightest interest in St Andrew 's . |
| 13 | There is a wealth of useful information directly applicable to private flying , and Combat Ready must be mandatory reading for anyone with the slightest interest in becoming a fighter pilot . |
| 14 | We had failed to locate a single prahu master , or " nakoda " , who had been anywhere near them , or had the slightest interest in doing so , and it was now so late in the west monsoon that there only remained another six weeks before we would no longer be able to depart without risking the winds dying and starting to reverse themselves before we had reached our destination . |
| 15 | Bush , the man who could not handle domestic politics , could not cope with his Republican Party in the budget , had displayed not the slightest interest in the worsening problems of poverty in the United States , could be freed to play war . |
| 16 | You 've never displayed the slightest interest in what I do . |
| 17 | ‘ Anyway , if you harbour such great objections to my being in your office , why on earth should you take the slightest interest in my problems ? |
| 18 | Her bright hair was hidden under a sunhat , and she was disguised with dark glasses , but no one had shown the slightest interest in her . |
| 19 | He 'd never shown the slightest interest in any other woman — any decent woman . |
| 20 | She has n't the slightest interest in Monpazier . |
| 21 | That is an area for immediate consideration and actions by the Government if they have the slightest interest in protecting society from the growth in criminal activity over which the Home Secretary and the Government continue to preside . |
| 22 | ‘ They 're hunting Burythorpe way today , ’ she said — Nora , who claimed to take not the slightest interest in anything the Lord Middleton 's did ! |
| 23 | By not the merest flicker of an eyebrow did Morse betray the slightest interest in the prospect of interviewing an attractively proportioned and ( most probably ) scantily clad woman at such an ungodly hour . |
| 24 | For the following twenty-seven days I approached everyone I knew , from the Bow Building Society to distant aunts , even fellow-students , but none of them showed the slightest interest in backing a young woman undergraduate to the tune of sixty pounds in order that she could buy a fruit and vegetable shop . |
| 25 | A manifest interest in the membership Can the Institute really maintain an appropriate balance between the public interest and its members ' interests ? |
| 26 | Slim Gaillard 's Civilisation begins on 22 October on BBC 2 GIVEN the renewed popular interest in bebop , it might be supposed that drummer Max Roach , who came to prominence playing it , would take a pragmatic view of two movies which helped that resurgence : the Charlie Parker film Bird and Round Midnight , loosely based on the life of the pianist Bud Powell . |
| 27 | Alford distinguishes the lay popular interest in development of services as the third and largely repressed force : it is not organized as a permanent lobby and is not party to the agenda setting between the monopolists and the rationalizers . |
| 28 | Commercial interests were quick to recognize the scale of popular interest in the outdoors , but whilst the outdoors had become integral to everyday life in Britain by the Second World War , it continued to represent in some of its expressions a relatively uncommercialized leisure culture . |
| 29 | However , the lack of any popular interest in the subject , and the opposition of the local authority associations and of councillors who often hold posts in the constituency organizations of their parties , prevented any action . |
| 30 | Yes , the familiar compulsive interest in clothes was there for all to see as Kylie unveiled a stunning collection of outfits — some chic and stylish others garish and outrageous . |