Example sentences of "[verb] take a [adj] interest " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend has been a close supporter of the industry for many years and has taken a close interest in its activities . |
| 2 | It is only in the last hundred years that the West has taken a serious interest in exactly where the different Anatolian rugs were made . |
| 3 | PC Week , which has taken a new interest in Unix since the Novell announcement and will reportedly even grace us with its presence at Uniforum , attacked Microsoft 's NT last week in a pair of front-page stories headlined ‘ NetWare Casts Shadow Over NT . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She has been a member of the Finance Committee for the past two and a half years and has taken a great interest in the Society 's financial affairs . |
| 6 | The Countryside Commission has taken a particular interest in these areas with the aim of promoting environmental improvement through Groundwork and other types of project . |
| 7 | Our Chairman , Richard Newcombe , who has taken a particular interest in the museum , then spoke , welcoming the guests and thanking them for their support . |
| 8 | There are 72 horses at Manton this year , and Luciano Gaucci has taken a big interest in the yard since acquiring Dr Devious last autumn . |
| 9 | The EEC has taken a direct interest in the problem of acid deposition , and in November 1988 a directive was agreed upon by EEC environment ministers concerning the sulphur emissions of large combustion plants . |
| 10 | Sad to say , I had learnt to be suspicious of good-looking young men who for no particular reason seemed to take a sudden interest in me . |
| 11 | He walked around watching the instructors putting the men through their paces and , as on his last visit , seemed to take a particular interest in what was going on in the boxing ring . |
| 12 | When she was thirteen , Gerry , who was her sister Rosie 's boyfriend at the time , began to take a strong interest in her . |
| 13 | He rebelled early in his career against the constricting standards of the Victorian era and while still in his teens began to take a passionate interest in Welsh poetry . |
| 14 | " Through a peculiar accident , I began to take a passionate interest in music in my ninth year and even started composing immediately . " |
| 15 | Contrary to some critical comment , he believes that credit for obtaining substantial funding for the scheme should go to the Minister himself , for having taken a personal interest in the scheme . |
| 16 | The only part of the United States in which he seems to take a consistent interest is Brooklyn . |
| 17 | When the idea of a Royal Commission was in circulation , lawyers within the ranks of the Government , notably Sam Silkin , the Attorney General and one of the few front-benchers on either side to have taken a close interest in penal reform , and Alex Lyon , a Minister of State at the Home Office , pressed for the opportunity to be grasped to make an authoritative assessment of the arguments for a public prosecution service independent of the police . |
| 18 | What is more , the Roman plebs seems to have taken a special interest in Greek religious and moral notions . |
| 19 | Since the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act , which made this possible , CPRW has continued to take a keen interest in ensuring that the protection afforded by this designation is effectively applied , especially in the three National Parks of Wales . |
| 20 | MPs live sheltered lives in which they are encouraged to take a gentle interest in the passing political scene . |
| 21 | At one time he had taken a mild interest in literature , especially erotic works , but of late it had flagged . |
| 22 | Approximately 100 people then took part in the business meeting when our President , Lady Braithwaite , opened the proceedings with many congratulations to the Society on the previous eventful year in which she had taken a deep interest . |
| 23 | This was the occasion for further expressions of friendship on the part of the two sovereigns , for Queen Victoria had taken a personal interest in the Empress 's accouchement and had sent Lady Ely , one of her ladies-in-waiting , to be present at the birth . |
| 24 | He had taken a personal interest in them ; there , he said , a little pettishly , Edouard would find room for no complaints . |
| 25 | The third file concerned a boy Berdichev had taken a personal interest in ; a Clayborn child from the Recruitment Project for whom Berdichev had paid the extraordinary sum of ten million yuan . |
| 26 | The story of a former pupil who becomes a master at the school ; his affection for the place survives ill-treatment , for after inheriting money , retiring , and marrying the ‘ wardrobe-woman ’ , he continues to take a kindly interest in the boys . |
| 27 | More recently , certain local authority organizations have begun to take a direct interest in popular music . |
| 28 | During the first two decades of the Meiji period the Japanese continued to take a strong interest in Korea . |
| 29 | Member governments continued to take a primary interest in the views of their own people , the EC was slow to make decisions and was not subject to proper democratic control , CAP was unreformed , and the Community lacked the political cohesion to act as a single ‘ force ’ in world affairs . |
| 30 | He continued to take a keen interest in anything connected with espionage , and in 1915 published German Spies in England . |