slight interest in
collocation in Englishmeaningsofslight,interestandin
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slight
adjective
uk/slaɪt/us/slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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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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in
adjective
uk/ɪn/us/ɪn/
fashionable ...
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(Definition ofslight,interestandinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I ought perhaps to declare aslightinterestin this matter.
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I declare aslightinterestin farming as a retired poultry farmer; also, my husband has an interest in farming matters.
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I have taken aslightinterestin industrial diseases.
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I should also declare aslightinterestin that my wife has a small wood near our home.
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I have to declare aslightinterestin the matter.
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I confess to having aslightinterestin watching some of the results of the industry for which one part of his constituency is famous.
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At the same time it does reveal someslightinterestin this matter on behalf of the urban district councils.
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Oswald, some figures which have someslightinterestin this connection.
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Instead, after observing a surgical operation that cemented hisslightinterestin medicine, he entered medical school.
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