conflicting interest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconflictingandinterest
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conflicting
adjective
uk/kənˈflɪk.tɪŋ/us/kənˈflɪk.tɪŋ/
Conflicting beliefs, needs, facts, etc. are different ...
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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 other words, individuals have a given interest, such as freedom of speech; the majority has aconflictinginterest, to wit, violating freedom of speech.
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With planning and protection, the pharmaceutical companies can transform themselves into partners serving the public good without theconflictinginterestof constantly trying to achieve bonanza profit levels.
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That situation is sometimes represented as aconflictinginterestbetween the two.
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The consumers, the retailers, the wholesalers and the manufacturers have not any greatconflictinginterestin the matter.
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I think it is a great mistake to look at this scheme as though there were someconflictinginterestbetween municipal authorities and voluntary associations.
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In the first place, in the case of these inquiries there may be aconflictinginterest, as we have seen to-day.
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If you have conflicting interests in the country you must compromise between them, but there is noconflictinginterestin this country here.
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There is obviously aconflictinginterestbetween those two.
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It is a conflicting motive, aconflictinginterest.
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We have to work out something which will do rough justice as between theconflictinginterest.
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It is aconflictinginterest.
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That is the sort ofconflictinginterestthat must be taken into account when considering these matters.
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That is natural and quite understandable because in no individual case is the environment a matter of prime interest; it is usually aconflictinginterest, and indeed a distraction.
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The authority is quite reasonably exploring all possibilities of areas ofconflictinginterestbefore deciding what action it can reasonably take.
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Every kind ofconflictinginterestis involved.
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Their conflicting interests resulted in a dual coinage with the official sums stated in pure coins and the actual payments made in current coins.
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Balancing conflicting interests is fundamental to police practice, and the interests of complainants have rarely figured prominently given the police's wideranging responsibilities.
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The transition from imperfect to costless law enforcement must therefore be understood as an institutional removal of the conflicting interests over the wildlife utilization.
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Within the agricultural policy network, consumers counterbalanced them, and state agricultural authorities acted as mediators between the two conflicting interests.
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Britain's negotiating position was complicated by theconflictinginterestof the inshore and distant water fishermen.
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