adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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I am also interested in everything!
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We are interested in these questions, of course, because we are also interested in gender.
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Many feminists were also interested in birth control as an issue although discretion dictated a public silence.
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It seems that the Ostler Press is also interested .
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He is also interested in rugby, tennis, and jogging and has run three Dublin City Marathons.
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Most of the girls were also interested in horses.
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I am also interested in motoring at minimum cost!
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Lawrence is also interested in Crewe midfielder Craig Hignett.
deeply
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A brilliant linguist, he was also deeply interested in botany, chemistry and other scientific subjects.
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Again, the need for the deeply interested reader to supplement a survey with other books becomes evident.
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He and Hunt - who had always been deeply interested in driver safety - worked in excellent cooperation.
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They had absolutely nothing to do with herself, yet despite this fact she felt deeply interested in them.
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All this deeply interested Modigliani who was a remarkably cultivated and educated man, as Paul Alexandre proves.
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They are fair and they are deeply interested in education.
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I am deeply interested in his theories about horse-breeding.
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He stayed for a year and grew deeply interested in Linder's studious attitude towards feminist principles.
less
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She was becoming less interested in any tittle-tattle he might purvey that might help her with the case than in himself.
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One thing I can say of him with total confidence is that I have never met a man less interested in money.
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Jung is less interested in reason, more in the emotional symbolism in religions.
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When asked what they like in a woman, they say they're less interested in charm than most.
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Have been growing less and less interested in titles that are other than purely descriptive.
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As a result they were far less interested in literary innovation than the Formalists tended to be.
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Her manner was different; she often left home alone, and she seemed less interested in the gang.
more
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Our guys in Austin are more interested in open systems, and the fastest screaming performance it can get on to a microprocessor.
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Most ministers at first were more interested in spending money than in getting to grips with the nation's economic problems.
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Others are much more interested in microeconomic questions, like tax reform, local-government finance and the role of subsidies and benefits.
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But in announcing the move Chris Dean had to run the gauntlet of press more interested in his private life.
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From now on the Shah would be far more interested in military than in social matters.
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In his spare time he became more and more interested in amateur dramatics, as well as teaching himself to play the violin.
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Washington was becoming more interested in some forms of nuclear co-operation.
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Inder Lal was much more interested to tell me about his own troubles which are many.
most
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The corpus of knowledge in which the student is most interested will be neither interest-free nor value-free.
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I was most interested in the rope-dancing.
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I would be most interested in what readers and teams think of these ideas for a progressive solution to a vexing problem.
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I didn't know which bits they would be most interested in, so - I sent them the lot.
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But the body he is most interested in, these days, is his own.
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Hauge then contacted several other clubs, including Leeds and Blackburn, with Southampton the most interested .
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I am sure my lord will be most interested in meeting you.
much
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Southwood was not much interested in the tactics of the Labour movement.
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Meldola himself was much interested in protective colouring and mimicry of moths.
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I am being objective, not self-pitying, because quite honestly I am not much interested in men anyway.
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Gaver is not so much interested in musical instruments or laboratory oscillators as in whistling wind, splashing water and hurrying footsteps.
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She did not cry, or rage like Ferdinando, nor was she much interested in apportioning blame.
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They were not so much interested in damage assessment.
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Esther Breuer is not much interested in the distinction between the natural and the unnatural.
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Giles was not, evidently, much interested in churches.
only
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Joining the Army at 17-and-a-half, the young Whittingham was really only interested in playing sport for fun.
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He says now he was only interested in the food and drink, but that's a lie.
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Maybe the powers that be have been only interested in cleaning up opponents.
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Those who thought I was only interested in money were wrong.
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Trish never asked questions; she was only interested in telling you things.
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I knew all along of course that Pahdra Singh was only interested in the club for his own profit.
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He's an uptight devil, only interested in giving orders and having them obeyed.
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But the King was only interested in enjoying himself tonight, so we all drank and talked, and drank again.
particularly
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Though Scott was not particularly interested in early editions he nevertheless owned several.
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If you are particularly interested in any activity or craft, ask to go on a course to learn more about it.
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It is particularly interested in fashionable mainstream topics, like attribution theory and new technology.
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Highbrow sources were clearly much more attractive to people who were particularly interested in politics.
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Anyway, nobody would be particularly interested in Connie after the first day.
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He also suggested that school governors with commercial or industrial experience might be particularly interested in introducing appraisal schemes.
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It is particularly interested in Tivoli Systems Inc's distributed management technology.
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The South Tees nurses will be particularly interested in findings on the use of narcotics in very young babies.
really
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Trippy was not really interested in my financial situation; he was just checking that I was paying for dinner.
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Dexter admired the way in which his boss disguised who she was really interested in.
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Neither Ma nor Dad were really interested .
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For all Miss Macdonald's painstaking work, I could not get really interested in these itineraries.
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You're not really interested , she thought ill-humouredly.
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Later, after examining maps of the area, he may discover that what he is really interested in is Parliament Hill.
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I was never really interested in the frocks.
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Why were all of them so interested in why I was there?
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I had become so interested in a nice neat pattern that I hadn't checked if I had found all the shapes.
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That's why they were so interested .
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I glimpsed the black robes and wondered why Southgate would be so interested in such a grisly execution.
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And, since you're so interested , the reason I wear my wedding-ring is strictly for the sake of appearances.
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He's always so interested in the plays.
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Well, since you are so interested , this is my cousin come from the Neath Valley to help in the business.
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Why are employers so interested in attendance and punctuality?
still
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Both numbers are expected to grow rapidly. Still interested ?
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Zahara was still interested in yesterday's topic of conversation.
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Now, if you're still interested , be here at this time tomorrow.
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Can you please let me know if you are still interested in receiving a copy of the tape?
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I wonder if you can confirm that you are still interested in receiving a copy?
very
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He felt very interested in this young man, with his wonderful face.
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She'd never been very interested in the Council anyway.
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But I don't mind saying we're very interested .
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Children are very interested in the cards and it is a very effective way of getting this message across.
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People in the Sellafield area will be very interested to know.
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He was very interested in restoring them to their proper significance.
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We were on a cycling holiday and me being very interested in railways generally, liked looking over old stations.
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When struck by shyness, we think that other people are very interested in us and evaluating us.
■ NOUN
party
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Every effort will be made to accommodate requests to provide all interested parties with the same information.
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That is increasingly being recognised by many interested parties .
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There is no shortage of research funds from interested parties in the pharmaceutical, agricultural and medical technology worlds.
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Costs and expenses Article 12 of the Convention specifies that costs and other expenses must be borne by the interested parties .
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It is scheduled for publication in the summer at which time all interested parties will have an opportunity to comment.
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The Department of Education is inviting interested parties to submit comments on the new support arrangements by October 31.
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Advance copies of reports are provided to the press and other interested parties at a cost of about £6,000 a year.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not remotely interested/funny/possible etc
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Life-ways are opened up which are not remotely possible, even in analogous terms, to any other species.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bob first got interested in motor cycles when he was about sixteen.
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I've never really been interested in politics.
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I can't remember the name of the book, but if you're interested I can find out.
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I offered to help, but they weren't interested .
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The children seemed very interested when I showed them my photographs.
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We'd be very interested to hear your opinion about this.
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You're an expert on legal problems - I'd be interested to know what you think.