Example sentences of "with interest " in BNC.

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1 I watched her with interest but felt nothing .
2 The lotus leaf needed to line the bamboo steamer for the Szechwan dish of steamed beef and rice flour was examined with interest , as were the ingredients used to make the rice flour — short grain rice , cinnamon bark , star anise and ‘ special ’ wild pepper — which were then sautéed dry for 15 minutes and ground into a semolina-type texture after the removal of the bark and anise .
3 ‘ Dipsomania ? ’ enquired Henry Tyler with interest , ‘ or is she just a clairvoyant ? ’
4 I have been following with interest the Gardeners ' World programmes where Nigel Colborn had been designing a new garden , especially when he had been using plants for the shady corner .
5 ‘ No , ’ I said with interest .
6 AS CAMRA 's Brewery Liaison Officer for Newcastle Breweries I have followed the discussions in these columns concerning the origin of Theakston 's beers with interest .
7 Zurich : Uncertainty over the market 's short-term trend combined with interest rate fears to push the all-share index down 15.5 points to 1,161.2 .
8 Property price inflation lifted turnover and operating profits , but costs also increased steeply , with interest charges leaping from £1.236m to £3.94m , reducing the pre-tax result .
9 Gerry Grimstone , a director of Schroders , the Government 's merchant bank for the water flotations , claimed that the response so far had been extremely encouraging , with interest spread broadly across the country and ‘ no signs of an investor strike ’ in any of the regions .
10 HILL FARM , in the heart of south Somerset , is about to undergo a revolution that will be watched with interest by neighbours and from further afield .
11 WITH interest rates going through the roof and budgets stretched now could be the time to embark upon some serious financial planning .
12 WITH interest rates going through the roof the offer of an interest-free loan for two years for buyers of new cars should be investigated .
13 These findings broadly echo those of Gunter , Svennevig , and Wober ( 1986 , pp.98–9 ) , whose study of the 1983 election campaign showed that ‘ objectively measured knowledge was significantly correlated with interest in political discussion programmes both on radio and television , but with only one news-consumption variable — claimed viewing of television news ’ ( italics added ) .
14 I read with interest an article in the Summer '91 issue of BLESMAG and felt the subject could be usefully mentioned in Air Mail .
15 Sometimes perhaps unlikely sources of influence are revealed , as when Eliot quotes with interest Gordon Craig 's statement that ‘ The father of the dramatist was the dancer , ’ or continues to admire the combination of ‘ art , ritual and music ’ now seen as ‘ always the handmaid of the beauty of holiness ’ .
16 The book claimed that cancer and other deformities were mistaken wills , were new organs to meet new needs dreamed up in the deep unconscious , and that therefore they should be treated not with surgery but with interest and affection — humanity was limiting its potential by cutting out the tumours , blasting the cells .
17 I read with interest the article ‘ F1 changes change nothing ’ ( 13 February ) in which Harvey Postlethwaite puts forward the idea of knocking 50bhp off the output of Formula 1 engines to keep races competitive .
18 The man and the child on the other side watched him with interest .
19 Erika watched the meeting of the men with interest .
20 Another company that will be watching developments with interest is Sutcliffe Catering , which earlier this year won the staff contract for BA 's 45 sites — a total of 40,000 people .
21 Having read with interest the saga of the Ashley Court Hotel , and now the first instalment on the Valley Hotel ( Caterer , 11–17 July ) , it strikes me that the Povahs and the Cassons should combine their marketing , accounting and food systems skills .
22 I shall be watching the practical results with interest to see what might be applicable to our work in the Duchy of Cornwall , for I am sure that there will be lessons that we can learn .
23 IREAD with interest the article on the introduction of information technology into the NHS ( Kicking and screaming , November 23 ) .
24 IG Index has noticed a weakening of interest in Thames , with interest growing in South West .
25 In addition , Mrs Helmsley has to repay the taxes with interest to the Federal Government and New York state .
26 Income from the TV Times jumped from £1.4million to £2.1million with interest receivable more than doubling to £3.2million .
27 The money should be paid back with interest .
28 It took the banks nearly two years to retaliate with interest bearing accounts of their own in an attempt to stem the flood of accounts deserting to building societies .
29 Rowena Dawson Kegworth , nr Derby I READ The Empress Without Clothes ( page 6 ) with interest .
30 Since he now sounded flustered , Penelope Huntley looked with interest at the intruder : a good-looking , slightly overweight woman probably in her early forties , carefully dressed but uncertain .
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