parochial interest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofparochialandinterest
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parochial
adjective
uk/pəˈrəʊ.ki.əl/us/pəˈroʊ.ki.əl/
relating to a parish (= an area that has its own church ...
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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 ofparochialandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Another obstacle, which is a theme in your work, is theparochialinterestof the private sector, of the financiers who are benefiting from volatility?
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At first sight, the book appears to document a piece of academic research, and it would be easy to pass it over as a dry report of mainlyparochialinterest.
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Theirparochialinterestis reflected above all in the spread of manuscript copies of the chronicles, very few of which can be found outside the dioceses concerned.
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I naturally have aparochialinterestin this matter.
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This is not a matter ofparochialinterest.
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I wish to declare aparochialinterest: the motorway proposal would eliminate about 200 homes, virtually all of them in my constituency.
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I have anotherparochialinterest.
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Some of the motivations have also tended towards personal and parochial interests.
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These problems are often compounded by poor leadership that appeals to sentiments based on parochial interests rather than the common good.
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Indigenous 'idioms of accountability ' are not simply about the defence of parochial interests, but can provide a moral framework for public protection and resistance to corruption.
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In my view, they are wrong, whether they honestly think so or are driven by parochial interests.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In my view, they are wrong - either if they genuinely think so, or are driven by parochial interests.
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I doubt whether there will be the present keenness to serve when the parochial interests and historical associations are swept aside.
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Even within national boundaries, tourism suffers from this effect of other interests - parochial interests.
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In the worst-case scenario, ethnic groups can effectively hijack the foreign policy process and use the strength of the nation for their "parochial interests".
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However, the authorities could not act strategically and appeared to be only interested in their own parochial interests.
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