Sentence examples for voluntary interest from inspiring English sources

Meiklejohn biographer Adam Nelson wrote that for the 1920s, this idea of voluntary interest in study "seemed almost laughable".

Participation was voluntary; interest was overwhelming.

Ivan Lewis, the shadow secretary for culture, said that Patten "must reduce his portfolio of business and voluntary interests", which include paid advisory roles with oil giant BP and nuclear generator EDF Energy plus the chancellorship of Oxford University so that he can take on what is traditionally a four-day-a-week role.

DK's other voluntary interests are Sant Bani (Voice of Saints), a culturally diverse fellowship dedicated to the unity of humankind; The Shirley Foundation; Oxford Internet Institute at University of Oxford; Tomorrow's Company and The Trinity Forum, where he advises on a pro bono basis.

The participants were recruited opportunistically in collaboration with two voluntary special interest groups (The International Health and Social Group and The Pakistani Woman Group), which work on strategies to improve integration of ethnic minorities.

Specifically, this exploratory study analyzes the context within which individuals who belong to voluntary special-interest communities develop sports-related consumer product innovations.

Faced with this problem, he feared "a voluntary withdrawal of interest by the fiction writer from some of the grander social and political phenomena of our times".

There is also a need for a better understanding of the role of the private and voluntary sectors, the interests they represent, and the ways in which they can be held accountable.

THE spike in interest in voluntary simplicity in New York mirrors a pattern in other cities.

More than 1,000 staff had expressed an interest in voluntary redundancy, he said.

"We have already had more than 1,000 people showing an interest in voluntary redundancy.