overriding interest

collocation in English

meaningsofoverridingandinterest

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overriding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈraɪ.dɪŋ/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈraɪ.dɪŋ/
more important than ...
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interest
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.trəst/us
/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofoverridingandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Practical examples from his work as a music therapist, with autistic children in particular, are used to illustrate his main themes, specifically hisoverridinginterestin energy fields.
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But, surely, there is anoverridinginterestat this time—the national interest.
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Myoverridinginterestis in the health of the population and in the interests of all consumers.
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How do we decide what is really anoverridinginterest?
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Who decides whether it is really anoverridinginterest?
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He has been rather selective in calling a halt at where he believes theoverridinginterestof the nation justifies that.
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There is anoverridinginterestin the public good.
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Do they not all have anoverridinginterestin economic efficiency and a reduction in inflation?
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They have anoverridinginterestto see that energy prices internationally are restrained as much as possible.
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In the case of these so-called one-man companies, theoverridinginterestis not dividend restraint but, rather, the prevention of tax avoidance.
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We all, therefore, have anoverridinginterestin working together to secure peace and build prosperity.
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However, my primary andoverridinginterestlies with my constituents.
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Their interest in their constituents is overtaken by anoverridinginterestfor their shareholders.
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The greatoverridinginterestwe are arguing for is the interest of the children.
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A careful balancing of the rights of individuals, commercial expediency and theoverridinginterestof the community is involved.
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Myoverridinginterestlies in road safety and good sense in considering the motorist.
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It had to deal with land registration and a concept calledoverridinginterest.
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Theoverridinginterest—the heritage interest—is that finds should be reported.
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In any case the extra price is passed on to the consumer and the oil companies have nooverridinginterestto stop the escalation.
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All these licences have in them provision for modification or cancellation, but theoverridinginterestnow is to stop this war.
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