outside interest

collocation in English

meaningsofoutsideandinterest

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outside
adjective
adverb
preposition
uk
/ˌaʊtˈsaɪd/us
/ˌaʊtˈsaɪd/
not inside ...
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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 ofoutsideandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoutside interest

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Perhaps now there would be littleoutsideinterestin such a function.
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Even where apparent accountability progress has sparked renewedoutsideinterest, resulting contacts are not always either harmonious or aimed at the creation of networks capable of sustained, co-ordinated activity.
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In addition, the high level ofoutsideinterestwas an important ingredient in creating an 'inverse community' - that is, a community which is, to a significant degree, artificially constructed.
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A danger is that theoutsideinterestitself produces qualitative effects, increases in personal confidence say, which are then wrongly attributed directly to the process of community regeneration.
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None of the members of the panel declared anoutsideinterest.
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It is profoundly wrong in principle that a great national party should be controlled by anoutsideinterestin this way.
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On the contrary, it is recognised as good by both those who take anoutsideinterestin it and by parents.
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I see little value in a register that does not give real information about the value of anoutsideinterest.
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I should like to declare anoutsideinterestin the sugar industry.
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Every majoroutsideinterest, commercial and otherwise, is conscientiously consulted.
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Why not give the value of theoutsideinterest?
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I am grateful for that welcome and am aware ofoutsideinterest, particularly among small firms.
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Of course, they have to earn anoutsideinterest.
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They had an interest in thinking up probing amendments, amendments on policy or detail and other amendments thatoutsideinterestgroups had suggested.
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But there are two distinct classes ofoutsideinterest.
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There has been some increase inoutsideinterestin the region, both political and commercial, in the last five years.
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But it is still anoutsideinterest.
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Anyone who has an honourableoutsideinterestshould not be afraid to declare it and allow it to be inspected by the public.
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Do they object from a personally held point of view or on behalf of anoutsideinterest?
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However much some might wish otherwise, we must recognise that our remuneration is always the subject ofoutsideinterest.
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