Strong in members, though often discordant, the second college tried to preserve its interests against the dominance of the Prince-electors.

And while the powerful lobbies jockey to preserve their interests, patients suffer.

Dave's task to bring back powers while preserving Britain's interests in Europe is looking difficult.

She was convinced that he could no longer be trusted to preserve the monarchy's best interests.

One Pakistani official called the Taliban "proxy forces to preserve our interests."

A strong, effective military is critical to deterring our enemies, keeping America safe and preserving our interests around the world.

And we would be foolish to believe there isn't a lot going on behind the scenes to preserve our interests.

Their many financial backers will be working equally hard to preserve their interests in the coming budget retrenchment.

The Chinese afterward played down those events in an attempt to preserve their commercial interests.

In addition to this, as it did for electricity, my group proposed creating a single European transmission system operator, which would preserve our strategic interests.