partisan interest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpartisanandinterest
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partisan
adjective
uk/ˌpɑː.tɪˈzæn/us/ˈpɑːr.t̬ə.zən/
strongly supporting a person, principle, or political party, often without considering or judging the matter ...
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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 ofpartisanandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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So who truly spoke withoutpartisaninterest?
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I cannot be accused of putting forward apartisaninterest.
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This is clearly not a major area ofpartisaninterest.
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All are professionally qualified; none has apartisaninterestin a matter of this kind.
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A new independent election organisation abovepartisaninterest, and with sufficient human and financial resources to operate effectively is needed.
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This is surely a matter of public interest and not merely ofpartisaninterest.
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It selects apartisaninterestconsiderably to the detriment of others.
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I also think that it is very important that the public be given apartisaninterest, so that it is covered by this regulatory framework.
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It is an important point because it goes without saying, before such inquiries, that political parties will have apartisaninterestin the representations that they are putting forward.
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Once speakers abstracted from status and put aside partisan interests, free, reasoned discussion would not divide but unite.
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Creditors also believed that party members placed partisan interests above what creditors saw as the national interest.
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They argued that in a large republic, the national legislature should not replicate local or partisan interests.
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It is evident that partisan interests and views greatly affect deliberations and decision-making even within the committee dealing with the state's budget.
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This bilateral bargaining generates a zero-sum game dynamics among governors and bolsters the territorial aspects of interest representation and bargaining vis-a-vis partisan interests.
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So it hardly comes as a surprise that ideals give way to partisan interests whenever national prerogatives are called into question.
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The fact is that what they have done is to subordinate and surrender any interest in colonial welfare to partisan interests of their party.
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We realise that the country must come first and our sectional and partisan interests second, but there is a way of doing things.
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If we place partisan interests to one side, we can see that a logical, straightforward reform is being proposed.
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It is obvious that the private sector will determine the level of public sector investment, and its determination will be dependent on the private sector's partisan interests.
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There are times when environmental well-being, protection of natural heritage and human welfare generally manage to gain the upper hand even over economic and partisan interests.
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