Example sentences of "took a great interest " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took a great interest in young people , not only during the course of his duties at the Salzburg Mozarteum , but also beyond that . |
| 2 | Yes , said Surkov , they took a great interest in my work ; and Rozanov nodded . |
| 3 | He took a great interest in the theological implications of transplant surgery . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was a sparse audience and Ivy took a great interest in it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He took a great interest in the dissemination of science to the public . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The Select Committee took a great interest in the issue of FGD retrofitting . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | From the very beginning Popes took a great interest in their development and encouraged them . |
| 15 | ‘ He was a very caring person who took a great interest in the people in the business , he was very thoughtful . |