Interests
Meanings and phrases
n.
- agreement as to goals; community
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- His research interests concern world politics and Asia.
- Yalden listed his research interests as:
- Service design is also one of Forlizzi’s research interests.
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- Over the years his business interests have shrunk.
- Kennedy has other business interests outside motorsport.
- He resumed business interests in Pittsburgh.
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- Kotoinazuma's interests include music and golf.
- His other interests include tennis, golf and cricket.
- His other interests include musical theatre and travel.
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- She was convinced that he could no longer be trusted to preserve the monarchy's best interests.
- Parental rights can only be exercised so far as practicable and in the best interests of the child.
- Therefore, it is in the queen's best interests to have her own sons raised, and not the sons of workers.
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- His research interests include:
- Her research interests include developing and validating climate models.
- Her research interests include work-related law and feminist legal theory.
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- Faria left AAPS in 2002 to pursue other interests.
- His other interests included anti-slavery work.
- His other interests include tennis, golf and cricket.
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- He also had a number of other commercial interests.
- He was chairman of their commercial interests from 1894 to 1896.
- All eight were decommissioned and seven were sold to commercial interests.
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- This means that to an extent managers can pursue their own interests.
- He denied using yakuza to pursue his own interests or to mediate their disputes.
- Due to this, Boas was granted the independence to think for himself and pursue his own interests.
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- They had combined both political and economic interests.
- The ministry also represents the economic interests of Latvia in the European Union.
- The author’s economic interests in their work shall be protected by the exploitation rights.
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- The national interests were always urgent at his heart.
- Today the U.S. states that democratic nations best support U.S. national interests.
- Local interests triumphed in the medieval ages, just as national interests do today.
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- His other interests included anti-slavery work.
- Tankerville's other interests included maps and shells.
- His interests included rock music and tennis.
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- The islands acquired commercial and political interests in the North American colonies.
- Her political interests included education, the environment, home affairs, and children.
- After his term as lieutenant governor he retired from his business and political interests.
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- Among the most powerful special interests in Macau are casinos.
- Dr. Polmann's special interests include volunteer work in public schools.
- Neither foresaw that in the First World War, all special interests would be expendable".
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- Naturally, phenomenology and neuroscience find a convergence of common interests.
- The two shared common interests in music and Eastern mysticist culture and quickly became friends.
- Guilds arose beginning in the High Middle Ages as craftsmen united to protect their common interests.
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- In 1882, he resigned to attend to personal interests.
- Frederick's personal interests include sailing, alpine skiing, flying, and cycling.
- This allows researchers to see where an individual's personal interests and values lie.
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- The party was established in 1887 to represent the interests of landowners and middle class merchants.
- The Agency for Aerospace helps to represent the interests of Austrian interests at the European Space Agency (ESA).
- The association sought to represent the interests of railway officers as distinct from railway workers more broadly.
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- She was sold to private interests in November.
- After the war she was acquired by various private interests.
- From 1854 to 1879, private interests conducted almost all rail construction.
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- Personal financial interests were also allegedly involved.
- O'Malley was chosen to protect the company's financial interests in the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1933.
- After the American war with Spain in 1898, New York financial interests increasingly played a role.
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- As such, it represents the interests of the students within and outside the University.
- He is chairperson for City Sikhs, a charity which represents the interests of progressive Sikhs.
- The organization represents the interests of builders and developers of housing and commercial projects.
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- Spanish law allows nominated consumer associations to take action to protect the interests of consumers.
- The branch was founded in order to protect the interests of Muslims of Sandžak, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.
- It was also connected with an increasing modification of local customs to protect the interests of local merchants.
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- The roster of potential love interests swells to 19 characters in later titles.
- Carpenters female backup dancers do the same thing with their love interests and the same thing happens.
- In March 2012, Jennylyn Mercado and Rhian Ramos were announced to be Revilla's two of three love interests.
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- Founded in 1998, the UAC is an umbrella organization representing the interests of African immigrants throughout the country.
- For a time, Roman women could argue as advocates in courts but a subsequent law prohibited them from representing the interests of others.
- De Rossi is honorary president of "I Diritti Civili nel 2000", a civil-rights organization representing the interests of women and children.
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- Zappa's mother encouraged him in his musical interests.
- We’re just showing off a different side to our musical interests.
- While in France, he met singer Mireille, who encouraged his musical interests.
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- Faria left AAPS in 2002 to pursue other interests.
- ", while Michael Swaim left Cracked to pursue other interests.
- In 1998 Andy Dickins leaves the band to pursue other interests.
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- According to the IDF, aid to Syrian civilians was motivated by both conscience and security interests.
- The area of borane chemistry was growing rapidly, in part due to the Cold War and national security interests.
- The armed forces are charged with protecting the Czech Republic and its allies, promoting global security interests, and contributing to NATO.
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- His main interests were in the area of deep sea research.
- One of Lieberman's main interests is making kinetic sculptures.
- His main interests were the theory of numbers and recreational mathematics.
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- He also said he would tackle "vested interests", citing energy and rail companies.
- Al-Sane strongly defended Olaim and alleged that vested interests were behind the attacks on the minister.
- There is also a focus given to the alleged vested interests of countries in the region, particularly France.
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- Supporters of the Act accuse mining interests of, "crying that the sky is falling."
- He was a member of Uruguay's Colorado Party, and was, for many years identified with the country's mining interests.
- A consequence of the 1917 Russian Revolution was the nationalisation of mining interests in the former Russian Empire.
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- Gomez, whose interests include both history and geology, converted the magazine to a geological research facility and exhibition centre.
- The Colours Committee comprises teaching staff whose interests within our total curriculum are wide and whose experience is considerable.
- It was around this time the Germans entered the region, whose interests were peaked due to news reports from Speke, Grant, and Stanley's travels.
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- Both parents passed similar interests on to their children.
- Users can also join teams, which enables them to compare themselves against people with similar interests.
- This artist is sometimes confused with August Wilhelm Ferdinand Schirmer, who had similar interests, and belonged to the same era.
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- By the 1890s, her scientific interests centred on mycology.
- He had a wide range of scientific interests in the field of biology.
- Shufeldt's scientific interests began during his years in surgical practice.
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- He also became a large stockholder of the Pennsylvania Coal Company and Long Island Rail Road among insurance and other corporate interests.
- With American corporate interests firmly rooted in Cuba, the U.S. tariff system was adjusted accordingly to strengthen trade between the nations.
- UK government officials met with BP and Shell officials before and during the invasion to discuss corporate interests and perspectives on Iraqi oil.
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- Soon tensions appeared between him and local interests.
- The lowest level road is tertiary and serves local interests.
- But local interests prevailed again, in spite of Cromwell's presence.
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- At that time, no social group could defend its rights and interests.
- Both the abbot and the farmers of Appenzell wanted to protect their rights and interests by joining the new Swabian League.
- The owner's use of the property must, however, respect the legally recognised rights and interests of other members of society.
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- He pursued many academic interests.
- He had academic interests in German poetry and lieder, Romantic German literature, especially E.T.A.
- His principal academic interests are social theory, political economy, social identity, and East Asia.
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- Through the BWF Nthaile sought to promote the interests of labourers and his own Bakgalagadi ethnic group.
- In 1834, Sir Benjamin d'Urban became governor and was anxious to promote the interests of the indigenous people.
- The Union des Houillères françaises was formed in 1840 to promote the interests of the national mines and defend their common interests.
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- Sparta and Athens had a leading role in the congress but interests of all the states played a part in determining defensive strategy.
- Questions were often raised as to whether BNP councillors could adequately represent the interests of all of their local constituents.
- Energywatch was charged with protecting and promoting the interests of all gas and electricity consumers in England, Scotland and Wales.
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- E L Barnwell also had a wide range of interests.
- In addition to the arts, Sidney had a range of interests.
- His range of interests was broad, as he even studied Hungarian.
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- With Iran, we need to focus on our shared interests.
- Mary Putnam Jacobi, shared interests of hers, including pediatrics and neurology.
- Among their shared interests were music – she loved classical, and he loved jazz.
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- This is a deeply anti-Macedonian act, but also an act against the interests of the Albanians in Macedonia".
- In none of the examples given above was the original bid deemed to be against the interests of competition.
- It was intended to protect the inherited territory of the counts against the interests of the archbishops of Cologne.