Example sentences of "take a great interest " in BNC.
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| 1 | My parents kept a baby book about me until I was sixteen , and when I was three and a half they wrote : ‘ Takes a great interest in her clothes and chooses her own outfit each morning . |
| 2 | Their research resources clearly play a vital role , and the firm takes a great interest in the latest technical developments which can facilitate this department 's work . |
| 3 | The countryman takes a great interest in the weather : he has to because his living is bound up with it ; and he observes it as closely as a scientist watching a long and intricate experiment . |
| 4 | As ever , the hon. Gentleman takes a great interest in hon. Members this side of the House , but I suppose that from his point of view it is a receding problem . |
| 5 | ‘ She is a lovely lady who takes a great interest in people , ’ said Miss George . |
| 6 | Debbie said : ‘ She is a lovely lady who takes a great interest in people . |
| 7 | As their demand for more food arises the young ferrets will then make their way towards the fresh meat , taking a great interest in it . |
| 8 | His room overlooked our house , and he could watch the comings and goings — we were having some turf laid at the time in which he was taking a great interest — and I used to drive round there every evening at half past five and bring him home for a meal , after which we would chat or watch television . |
| 9 | ‘ The selectors are taking a great interest in Irish golf simply because the better players are coming out of this island . |
| 10 | American producers are taking a great interest in her , and her career is sure to take off whether or not she wins the coveted statuette . |
| 11 | Next day , McMartin 's parents had noticed that he was taking a great interest in news of the murder and he had told them some things about the incident . |
| 12 | He took a great interest in young people , not only during the course of his duties at the Salzburg Mozarteum , but also beyond that . |
| 13 | Yes , said Surkov , they took a great interest in my work ; and Rozanov nodded . |
| 14 | He took a great interest in the theological implications of transplant surgery . |
| 15 | Naturally , he took a great interest in horse-shoeing , and horseshoes seem to have been a main interest in his continental journeys– He had a great fondness for the application of setons , particularly in cases of lameness — a curious lapse for such a humane man . |
| 16 | She took a great interest in the Factota scheme , and helped the other two to make out a rough draft of the ‘ handbill ’ that Mr Dare had suggested . |
| 17 | It was a sparse audience and Ivy took a great interest in it . |
| 18 | In addition to composition , Messiaen took a great interest in the younger generation of composers , teaching composition and analysis to Boulez and Jean-Louis Martinet amongst others . |
| 19 | A modest and kindly man , he took a great interest in technical education and was a governor of Owens College , Manchester , where in 1873 he endowed the Ramsbottom scholarship for young men in the locomotive department of LNWR . |
| 20 | He took a great interest in the dissemination of science to the public . |
| 21 | William Whewell in Cambridge was consulted by him over nomenclature , and took a great interest in his work , especially in his unease about the atomic theory with its inert and massy billiard-balls . |
| 22 | She took a great interest in the kitchen garden too , and calculated with pleasure how many greengages and damsons they would have , how many cherries and pears and strawberries . |
| 23 | The Select Committee took a great interest in the issue of FGD retrofitting . |
| 24 | One of the student teachers trained by Beryl , Hilary Weedon , took a great interest in the work and attended many courses in Germany and Switzerland to widen her understanding . |
| 25 | From the very beginning Popes took a great interest in their development and encouraged them . |
| 26 | ‘ He was a very caring person who took a great interest in the people in the business , he was very thoughtful . |
| 27 | The Romanian Government , WHO and UNICEF have taken a great interest in our education programme and are actively looking for ways to use it as a model for Health Education in Romania . |
| 28 | He will be aware that I have taken a great interest in Sri Lanka since I have been in the House . |
| 29 | As many of you will have noticed from your Q.T. day programme Beryl will not be teaching this year ; for some time she has taken a great interest in the Back Pain Association and has now become involved particularly at weekends in special classes for back-pain sufferers . |
| 30 | Erm , she asked if we were very keen to involve the school , I said yes we were cos she said nobody really taken a great interest in the Royal Quays not |