clash of interest

collocation in English

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clash
noun
uk
/klæʃ/us
/klæʃ/
a fight or argument ...
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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 ofclashandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Clearly, there is aclashofinterest.
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There could be aclashofinterest.
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The first lesson is that the chosen instrument policy must prevail where there is aclashofinterest.
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This works very well and anyclashofinterestseems to be resolved perfectly well.
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But, of course, in a great number of these inquiries, thatclashofinterestdoes not arise—quite the reverse.
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Here there is aclashofinterestbetween the housing needs of the people in the county council area and those in the out-county areas.
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There is aclashofinterestunder circumstances when it may not be profitable or prudent for a generator to respond.
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There may be aclashofinteresthere.
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The argument that there would be aclashofinterestdoes not stand up.
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I do not see why there should be any realclashofinterestbetween the producer and the consumer.
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This is a delicate subject because there is bound to be aclashofinterestin the south-west.
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I do not agree that there must inevitably be thisclashofinterestbetween the producer and the consumer.
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Where there is a straightforwardclashofinterestbetween parties, compromise and conciliation may at least be attempted.
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I do not believe that there should be, as it were, aclashofinterest.
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Is it that aclashofinteresthas not taken place or that aclashofinterestcan never take place?
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This inevitably leads to aclashofinterestbetween housing, agriculture and industry.
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One must accept that the villages must thrive, but there is an enormousclashofinterestbetween local people and those who have moved in.
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There is noclashofinterestin the private production and the public regulation of foodstuffs.
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I see no objection to their reappointment in other districts where a potentialclashofinterestand principles would not arise.
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Where there is aclashofinterestbetween the local and the central authority, that is a very important business.
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Here again, we have aclashofinterestbetween the shopkeepers and the shopping public.
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If rodent operators or dustmen were to sit on the committees which control their areas of work, again there might be aclashofinterest.
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He said that if teachers served on education committees there would be aclashofinterest.
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