intense interest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintenseandinterest
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intense
adjective
uk/ɪnˈtens/us/ɪnˈtens/
extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) ...
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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 ofintenseandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Circle illustrated hisintenseinterestin and sympathetic feeling for abstract art, which was dominant throughout his life.
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While this is ofintenseinterestto performers of new instruments and instrument designers, it has also been an area of interest for some composers.
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There has beenintenseinterestin the question of mitochondrial inheritance.
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In contrast, lower performing entities attracted theintenseinterestof senior management, and their operational decisions received greater scrutiny.
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As few other consolidated sectors had durable unions of any sort, the activities of unions in metalworking and textiles were ofintenseinterest.
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The portraits and panegyric co-exist with gossip and rumour, especially around female monarchs, whose sexuality seems to be ofintenseinterestto their subjects and historians alike.
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Secondly the nature of consciousness, which for a long time was considered to be the domain of neurophysiologists, has recently become the subject ofintenseinterestamong theoretical physicists.
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I will be concerned, in particular, with one set of political and philosophical disputes, over sovereignty and global commerce, which was ofintenseinterestto many of the economists.
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People are pensioners on a long-term basis and have anintenseinterestin pensions since most of them rely on pensions for almost all their income.
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The past decade has brought anintenseinterestand exploration of urban climatology - how outdoor spaces can be designed to be both more comfortable and healthy.
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Intenseinterestin the dissection and labelling of human bodies and parts of human bodies was a consequence of a growing preference for physical, anatomical localization of disease phenomena.
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I am certain they were read withintenseinterestand great benefit by the public who saw them.
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Of course, if he can give information about these important subjects, it would be ofintenseinterestto the country.
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It is a matter in which the general public for very natural reasons take anintenseinterest.
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I, on the contrary, as may well be imagined, take anintenseinterestin the question of agriculture.
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People consider our debates withintenseinterestbecause they are either receiving social security benefits or expect to do so shortly.
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All showed the mostintenseinterestin, and displayed extremely strong feelings upon, this matter.
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This question of sugar is one ofintenseinterest, to the people of this country.
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This is another reason why we have such anintenseinterestin being able to control the high seas fisheries.
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