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#2 (permalink) Sun Apr 04, 2010 17:03 pm at a consideration of |
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They have nearly the same meaning. Interested in. They have the same use as in need of, in search of,... _________________ Let my English be checked! |
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Wanderer I'm here quite often ;-)

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#3 (permalink) Sun Apr 04, 2010 17:03 pm at a consideration of |
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They have nearly the same meaning. Interested in. They have the same use as in need of, in search of,... _________________ Let my English be checked! |
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Wanderer I'm here quite often ;-)

Joined: 31 Mar 2010 Posts: 170 Location: Where wanderers and vagabonds usually live
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#4 (permalink) Sun Apr 04, 2010 17:36 pm at a consideration of |
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Welcome to the forum We have in consideration of sth: in return for sth/ as a result of sth/ in view of/ upon taking into account/ in respect of: in consideration of your many years of service, we are pleased to present you with this gold watch. in consideration of your efforts here is a check for 3000$. Examples From The Great Oxford Dictionary: "1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 42 Wherefore, in consideration of the premisses, be it enacted, etc. 1653 H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. lxxvi. 310 Who in consideration of ten duckets that we gave them, fell to diving into the sea. 1818 Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. ix. 286 In consideration of this benefit they should pay into the exchequer 400,000 l. every year. 1875 Jevons Money (1878) 119."
In the interest (interests) of someone or sth As an advantage or benefit to someone or sth; in order to advance or improve someone or sth: In the interest of health, people are asked not to smoke. The police imprisoned the suspects in the interest of public safety. Example from The Great Oxford English Dictionary: "1716 Addison Freeholder No. 4 ⁋1 The Women of our Island, who are the most eminent for Virtue and good Sense, are in the Interest of the present Government. 1727 Swift Country Post Wks. 1755 III. i. 175 She had betrayed us, and was in the interest of the kite aforesaid. 1771 Goldsm. Hist. Eng. I. 347 The party in the interests of Lewis began to lose ground. 1802 M. Edgeworth Moral T. (1816) I. xiii. 105 He did not choose to keep a clerk who was not in his interests. 1858 De Quincey Wks. IX. Pref. 10 note, ‘In the interest’ (to use a slang phrase just now coming into currency) of enlightened patriotism. 1884 Manch. Exam. 27 May 5/1 In the interests of humanity there is no need to regret the change. "
I don't know what 'at a consideration of' means! in fact I'm not sure whether it is correct. |
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