Example sentences of "[adv] take a [adj] interest " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly it was she , rather than her husband , whom scholars praised for such discernment , and she who apparently took a personal interest in the literary side of her son 's education . |
| 2 | As the government and many local authorities are striving to make the operation of the system quick , simple for the lay user and an encouragement to development when it is employment-related , so the public is not only taking a greater interest in its immediate environment , historic buildings and countryside and conservation generally , but is increasingly using the planning system to try to achieve its aims . |
| 3 | The Prince of Wales , who like the Sultan has a passion for polo , has already taken a close interest in the environmental impact of destruction of the world 's rainforests , a key factor in global warming . |
| 4 | We are anxious to have a small group of people who would be willing to look after the altar in the church , prepare it for special occasions and generally take a personal interest in its care . |
| 5 | From her reclining position , Mrs Keith still took a controlling interest in the household , but with only Jim in the house and two farmhands in the hut , Tina had become used to being in charge . |
| 6 | One of Britain 's first professional women geologists and a noted pioneer among late nineteenth-century women educationists , Catherine Raisin always took a keen interest in all aspects of women 's advancement . |
| 7 | Cam had a vague memory of a glamorous ‘ aunt ’ , who had once taken a remote interest in his father , but it was no more than a shadow . |
| 8 | He had always taken a strong interest in his students but , compared with Camberwell and Central , the College , having more pretensions , had a social side that created greater togetherness . |
| 9 | My grandfather had always taken a keen interest in my work , and I had an equal admiration of the stories of his time spent in Burma during the Second World War . |
| 10 | In the summer of 1921 she moved permanently to Ireland , in which country 's affairs she had always taken a keen interest . |
| 11 | They 've always taken a special interest in Sefton because of the bomb blast . |
| 12 | It it 's a part of the county council I 've always taken a considerable interest in , and I support them in all their efforts . |
| 13 | Fraternal & Equality always take a great interest in the health of their clients . ’ |
| 14 | His career and mine have followed a similar course : he and I both followed ‘ Syllabus B ’ , and both ended up taking a deep interest in stylistics , the study of the use of language in literature . |
| 15 | Although the issue of fraud trials was one in which Mrs Thatcher also took a personal interest , she did not normally intervene on the details of criminal policy . |
| 16 | He also took a close interest in Liberal politics . |
| 17 | He was a member of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts and the East India mission , and a commissioner for the building of fifty new churches , and he also took a close interest in the relief and resettlement of continental Protestant refugees . |
| 18 | People were also taking a benevolent interest in Bob . |
| 19 | I do hope that the church will now take a greater interest in , and responsibility for , nature conservation — here is an opportunity right on their doorsteps ! " |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | While some will be far more involved in ‘ hands on ’ work , ie taking a close interest in their investee companies and providing management expertise as and when required , others will provide financial backing but little else . |
| 22 | Of course , if conventionalism were just the semantic theory that the phrase " legal rights " should not be used to describe rights people have in virtue of consistency in principle , then a conventionalist judge could indeed take a lively interest in that form of consistency under a different description . |
| 23 | Conservative governments and local authorities have recently taken a renewed interest in charges . |