Example sentences of "[adv] keen " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will be less keen now . |
| 2 | Toll roads were one solution but I was less keen on them than on another idea we developed in the Transport Department . |
| 3 | The contra leaders were considerably less keen . |
| 4 | At a subsequent season they were less keen when they found they were expected to work on a raft near the famous Sporting Club . |
| 5 | The pirates are even less keen to say how much they make . |
| 6 | But , having seen Upjohn dig in its heels in Britain and America , the Canadians may be less keen to begin a long battle over the drug . |
| 7 | By contrast older established partners may be less keen on expansion in view of the added pressures it will produce . |
| 8 | OK , the radical Maoist lesbian communes of what used to be Berkeley University are rather less keen on topless sunbathing than the nubiles of Saint Tropez . |
| 9 | Anglican Bishop Hugh Montefiore is less keen to accept that his church is losing influence . |
| 10 | I wondered why McIllvanney had not told me that Rickie and Robin-Anne Crowninshield were drug addicts , then I realised that McIllvanney would not have told me anything that might have risked my acceptance of the charter , but now that I had learned that the twins had such a severe drug problem I was even less keen to take on the job . |
| 11 | She is less keen on being a grandmother , now her daughter Caron is married . |
| 12 | The Premier 's robust defence of Mr Lamont — who was always less keen on the ERM than himself — was an admission that their fortunes are tied together . |
| 13 | He was less keen on United Artists ' New York Nights but reassured exhibitors that if their audiences ‘ liked jazz , murder , sex and whoopee then this should draw them and satisfy them ’ . |
| 14 | Germany was less keen on overseas investment ; she preferred eastern Europe and , increasingly , the Ottoman Empire . |
| 15 | And they argue that the eventual privatisation of BCI , among others , will make the state even less keen on a big bail-out . |
| 16 | Others , such as the South Western , North Western and Midlands Boards , were less keen to raise tariffs to meet rising costs , and had to be given financial aid occasionally by the Central Authority from its reserves . |
| 17 | In the main , they both consisted of boys and young men who were rather more reluctant to join in the ritual chanting and singing and were even less keen to get mixed up in the aggro . |
| 18 | While he realises that there will always be problems in trying to teach anyone a new subject , Reas admits that it was sad to see a keen student being teased by his less keen classmates , but felt hopeful that perhaps a seed had been planted that one day would grow . |
| 19 | The recession made companies less keen to support their employees ' premiums . |
| 20 | So are the other countries which support it , even if they have been less keen to play soldiers . |
| 21 | Yes they all wanted clean rivers , but then when they were told the price of complying with the urban waste water directive , they were less keen . |
| 22 | The regime was less keen to placate intellectuals than it was to calm the gentry , but despite the alarming pronouncements of " the Great Russian " and the authors of To the Young Generation and Young Russia , it had less need to do so . |
| 23 | In the run-up to April the 9th , they seem no less keen . |
| 24 | Gavin Peacock , their leading scorer , is another highly saleable asset without a contract and he is less keen to commit himself to the club . |
| 25 | Beecher was not only keen on Teetotalism but on the abolition of slavery . |
| 26 | Pope Benedict XII was not only keen to reconcile Edward and Philip so that their planned crusade could go ahead , but he was also anxious to keep Lewis of Bavaria isolated from either French or English help . |
| 27 | Miranda sensed her family had come to the rescue , and she was only keen to show that she was striking out boldly , freestyle , not sinking . |
| 28 | In fact , one could see that Mr Lewis 's almost constant proximity to M. Dupont was proving a serious inconvenience to Lord Darlington , who was naturally keen to make close personal contact with this distinguished gentleman before the discussions began . |
| 29 | This included a number of parachute-trained personnel whom Stirling was naturally keen to recruit . |
| 30 | They appear well in advance of publication , and usually contain a good deal of information about individual titles — though here again the information is put together by the producers , who are naturally keen to sell their product . |