The phrase "a prevailing interest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a dominant or widespread interest in a particular topic or issue.
Example: "The study revealed a prevailing interest among the participants in sustainable living practices."
Alternatives: "a dominant interest" or "a widespread interest".
"An interest in popular culture and young things is a prevailing interest of everybody," Parfitt says.
"There is a prevailing interest in continuing with the trial of the accused in order to serve the ends of justice," the court said.
Ms. Pickett, like several of the other choreographers interviewed, said that she was interested in creating narrative works as well as abstract pieces; a turn away from a prevailing interest in plotless, dance-to-music pieces in the post-Balanchine era.
The net present value is defined as a series of revenues or costs, A n, over N periods of time at a prevailing interest rate i: NPV A n | i, N = ∑ n = 1 N A n 1 ( 1 + i ) n = ∑ n = 1 N PW n.
There is a prevailing interest in the potential of bioactive compounds for their efficacy in tumor prevention and treatment.
For these reasons, there has been a prevailing interest in alternative potential therapeutic targets for herpesvirus infection.
As a result, prevailing interest has been paid to a spherical dimple when a spot diameter is chosen as a characteristic size, whereas hydraulic losses depend on the dimple-to-device size ratio.
160million -- a healthy monthly payment given (a) the prevailing interest rates, and (b) her salary -- unless she had other "investments" and/or was a "successful" or "astute entrepreneur" -- itself an entirely different discussion!
In other words, Mr. Grossman said, while the standard contract typically provides that a buyer must obtain a mortgage "at the prevailing interest rate" within a certain period of time, that clause can be amended to set the highest interest rate the buyer will have to accept.
Even if a broker is willing to lend against corporate bonds at 20% margin and provide the leverage, a sharp rise in prevailing interest rates could reduce the value of the bonds and force a margin call.
A buyer who took out a $2 million mortgage at the prevailing interest rates during the summer of 2007 would now face a monthly payment of about $13,000 — possible to swing on an investment-bank salary but not on an unemployment check.
