1.   Over the course of time, it was clear that that was where its economic interests lay.

2.   His interest lay in the usefulness of his work, rather than in any personal credit.

3.   His interests lay in power in the imperial court not in the papal court.

4.   Angevin interests lay in the support of the Welfs as the strongest power in north Germany, who might help them to maintain the crumbling Angevin empire.

5.   Staff research interests lie in the areas of auditing, accountability issues including social accounting, accounting history, managerial accounting and public sector.

6.   Particular interests lie in masonry structures, light-weight steel building systems, cladding, energy management and auditing, and energy awareness.

7.   In all this, he was backed by Lavinia although her main interest lay in trying to keep their heads above water and hanging on to the estate.

8.   Our interest lies in measuring the gastric secretory response to food, the major source of ingested bacteria.