narrow interest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnarrowandinterest
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narrow
adjective
uk/ˈnær.əʊ/us/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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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 ofnarrowandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Some of us would like to see a widening of interest in this respect rather than thenarrowinterestwhich we have at the moment.
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The newspapers have been representing that this action of ours was in anarrowinterestin defence of views that are against property.
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Ournarrowinterestwould be to withdraw, but the consequences of that could be destabilising in a region that is causing so much trouble already.
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This time the request is made on behalf of a public, and not anarrowinterest.
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It is difficult to be certain that one is not just speaking from thenarrowinterestof one's own constituency.
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If you leave it to contractors, they will pursue their own legitimate butnarrowinterestof adding to their profits.
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We must consider more than thenarrowinterestof commercial companies—without criticising such companies.
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We should be concerned about the way in which the market for corporate control in this country often operates in such an exclusive andnarrowinterest.
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I very much hope that board members will be able to take a broad view and not regard themselves as speaking for anynarrowinterestgroups.
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We have to consider, not only what is in accordance with thenarrowinterestof some working people, but what is in the interests of the country as a whole.
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This may be for reasons that are in thenarrowinterestof the board rather than in the broader interests of the society as a whole.
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Put simply, these criticisms, purported to be made in the national interest, serve only thenarrowinterest of those who wish to see the public sector expand at any cost.
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Narrow interests might not be well served by this sort of thing, but other insights compensate.
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Even seemingly encompassing unions (measured by density) might pursue narrow interests when union organizational structure is fragmented.
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Organizations pursuing narrow interests do not have the same incentive.
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As a whole, however, due to the simony, the magistrates were venal and incapable of representing the interest of the class as a whole beyond their own narrow interests.
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I am speaking in no narrow interests of the profession.
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These two motoring organisations are concerned simply and solely with the narrow interests of their numbers.
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Their style is to pursue their own narrow interests at the expense of the national interest.
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