Example sentences of "enthusiastic about the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Teachers and parents were very enthusiastic about the course .
2 David Sollom , owner of the centre and one of the three instructors of the day , was enthusiastic about the conditions so we drove straight out to one of the four sites which the school uses .
3 John Cave , Guildsoft 's managing director , is particularly enthusiastic about the Adventure Series .
4 Gazans find it hard to be enthusiastic about the talks .
5 We cut our way through these and , following our python-hunters , who now seemed considerably less enthusiastic about the venture than they had been when they first suggested it , we slid down coconut ropes to the sinkhole floor and to the forbidding cobwebbed entrances which extended from its walls .
6 To the extent that they are spontaneously enthusiastic about the story , can easily make it their own and see implications for their own practice , and ask me back , I reckon I have been successful .
7 I ca n't feel enthusiastic about the government training course I 'm on and although I have a nice boyfriend , I 'm trying to finish the relationship .
8 He is enthusiastic about the work through which orchestras enable children to create with the help of teachers , but feels that players too , need specialised training to maximise their communication skills .
9 A common theme , especially from those enthusiastic about the proposal , was the need for commitment : ‘ the struggle for justice is the only hope for the movement of society towards the kingdom of God …
10 Zborowski was enthusiastic about the love affair .
11 Doctors who include nurses in their research teams are enthusiastic about the contribution they make .
12 Paul knew the Lake District well from his mountaineering days at university , so he was enthusiastic about the idea of living there .
13 Rather dubiously I put it to the Chairman and I was relieved to find that he was quite enthusiastic about the idea .
14 Although he did not reject a fact-finding mission outright , Major was clearly less than enthusiastic about the idea .
15 He was highly enthusiastic about the women , whom he compared very favourably with their English counterparts for their courtesy , their ability to manage their households and even their husbands , their grace , and the beauty of their head-dresses .
16 Louis XV was not , however , enthusiastic about the scheme and , after trying for a year to interest him , de Broglie , a soldier , decided to pool his information and ideas with de Choiseul , who , controlling the Ministries of Marine , War and Foreign Affairs , had been making independent plans of his own .
17 Farmers are enthusiastic about the scheme .
18 Chelmsford MP Simon Burns was enthusiastic about the schemes proposed by the Chancellor for tackling unemployment .
19 Rosemary not only took 3rd place with this contribution but was sufficiently enthusiastic about the competition to send in a batch of other entries from the newsletters she has edited without even mentioning it to their writers .
20 Reading the highbrow press clearly made readers somewhat disdainful towards television news and party Election Broadcasts , but not much more enthusiastic about the press .
21 Reading the highbrow press made people somewhat disdainful towards television , but no more enthusiastic about the press .
22 At the time , I was particularly enthusiastic about the possibility of the involvement of one of the major neurotransmitters , acetylcholine , in memory formation , and had set up a simple , fast assay for the brain 's acetylcholine receptor ( called the muscarinic receptor , to distinguish it from other types of acetylcholine receptor ) .
23 Sir Rhodes said : ‘ I am not enthusiastic about the Maastricht Treaty .
24 Sometimes , disloyally , he wondered if the Kaiser were not a little too enthusiastic about the honour of Germany .
25 And I think it is important in the Greater York context that the York new settlement be located in a district which is enthusiastic about the concept of developing a new settlement , because to do otherwise I think will undermine the role er function of the new settlement .
26 Dealers in Moscow were so enthusiastic about the chance to get their lubes and parts from a single supplier that BP and Unipart agreed to do a show together in May 1992 to introduce their joint service to a wider range of potential customers .
27 I was quite enthusiastic about the chance of meeting a God-King , perhaps establishing some useful contacts among his courtiers .
28 New York film critics are largely enthusiastic about the thriller .
29 Having said all that , I am afraid that I can not be as enthusiastic about the Bill as I should like .
30 I certainly know of further education colleges that are very enthusiastic about the Bill and whose one concern is that it may not complete its passage during the current Session .
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