6 sentences with 'interests'
Example sentences and phrases with the word interests and other words derived from it.
• « Tyrants, lacking official political status, had to play in the interests of the people to stay in power as popular dictators. Sometimes they seized the lands of the aristocrats and distributed them to the free citizens. »
• « In other words, they served the interests of the rich and had little interest in the plight of the class they were supposed to represent. »
• « Shah Abbas built an imperial monopoly on silk production that served as a vital source of state revenue and did all he could to protect the interests of merchants (including non-Muslims: Christians from Georgia and Armenia as well as Hindus from India were welcome as long as they contributed to Iran's economy). »
• « Philip II was also wealthy, with important European and overseas trading interests, all run by a dynamic merchant class. »
• « However, these wars also led the other powers of Europe into a defensive alliance against France, as it was clear that France threatened all their interests. »
• « Attempts to overhaul the tax system as a whole were shouted down by major city governments and powerful noble interests. »