Sentence examples for interest instead of from inspiring English sources

Mr. Jacobs contends that Mr. Feeney has long been motivated by personal interest instead of public service.

The principle is to build with a goal of learning quickly and iterating fast: demonstrating customer interest instead of building the finished article immediately.

"If you don't deposit £1,000 a month into the Classic Plus account you get 0.1% interest instead of 2.5%," a spokeswoman for the bank said.

Shared activities bring together a cross-section of disparate individuals around a common point of interest, instead of connecting similar individuals with shared backgrounds.

There's no question that foreign aid needs to be reformed so that it better serves our national interest instead of supporting countries that undermine our goals.

The benefit of a selection is that it allows the researcher to hone in on only the proteins of interest, instead of monitoring every single member of the library; the downside is that selections can be difficult to design.

There has to be an obligation to operate in ENLIGHTENED self-interest instead of just self-interest.

Our environmental (and political) problems largely stem from people acting in their own narrow short-term self-interest instead of the general long-term public good.

They understood that if we leave decisions entirely to the self-proclaimed experts, too often they act in their own self-interest, instead of the broader public interest.

I guess one way of looking at all of these legislators acting out of self-interest instead of the merits of legislation is that things are basically back to normal around here.

This can result in us sooner rather than later primarily cooperating for the common good - our true self-interest - instead of remaining stuck in conflict.