Example sentences of "a keen interest " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Sir : The Royal Statistical Society indeed has a keen interest in government statistics ( 'Moves to monitor use of statistics by Government' , 9 October ) and is planning an open discussion meeting in December , introduced by the head of the Government Statistical Service , on the topic of public confidence in official statistics . |
| 3 | He has a keen interest in popular music and the developing laws and rights in respect of musical performers and songwriters . |
| 4 | He is the author of two booklets and has a keen interest in meditation . |
| 5 | She took such a keen interest in politics , in literature , and the various lives of her children , grandchildren and great-grandchildren . |
| 6 | It is hardly surprising , in the circumstances , that the heir to the throne and his advisers , including the trustees of his new Institute of Architecture , are currently showing a keen interest in the future of Chambers ' masterpiece . |
| 7 | More efficient production was the major benefit they would look for from training and a keen interest in financial management courses was expressed . |
| 8 | The established head taking up a keen interest in marketing may well be seen as no more than a leopard cynically changing spots to match the climate of LMS and the introduction of pupil driven funding . |
| 9 | Hardy took a keen interest in their production , although , with two exceptions , the plays themselves were not his work . |
| 10 | I am now , broadly speaking , an earth-worshipper with primitive Christian overtones and a keen interest in standing stones , the Tarot , the I-Ching and God as a Woman . |
| 11 | Edward Young , as architect , took a keen interest in the residents ' reactions to his work , and on the whole was gratified . |
| 12 | ( Gledhill 1984 , p.31 ) Film structures our fantasies ( entertainment or escapism ) as well as our realities ( film as documentary ‘ evidence ’ or information ) and each function in itself is ample reason why feminists should have a keen interest in the cinema . |
| 13 | He has a keen interest in contemporary music and is a founder member of the ensemble Capricorn . |
| 14 | Possibly one of the earliest was Miss Robb who had shown a keen interest in the purchase of a new harmonium for the Sunday School in the wooden Tabernacle . |
| 15 | They owned 80 per cent of the trees , and took a keen interest in protecting them . |
| 16 | 16 April : The tabloids all show a keen interest in the Labour leadership race . |
| 17 | His grandfather , George Ritchie , played prop for Scotland against England at Twickenham in 1932 and , still a lively 82 , takes a keen interest in his grandson 's fortunes and indeed watched his international debut from the Murrayfield stand , his first visit there since 1988 . |
| 18 | About this time a new librarian , Suzy Chaplin , arrived at our school and she took a keen interest in anything the students were doing . |
| 19 | THE EARLS OF POWIS have always shown a keen interest in the provision of rail transportation in the Welshpool area , commencing in 1817 with the building of the line between the Montgomeryshire canal and the Standard quarry through the centre of Welshpool . |
| 20 | All the rooms are individually and very attractively designed ( Bernadette herself has a keen interest in interior design ) . |
| 21 | You should have a PhD in Biochemistry or have relevant practical experience , and possess a keen interest in the application of specific enzymes and receptors . |
| 22 | Harriet showed a keen interest in what were plainly a male leopard 's calling cards , his scent marks on trees and bushes . |
| 23 | ( See Table ) Peter Brooke , educated at Marlborough , Balliol College , Oxford and Harvard , is an old-school Tory known to have a keen interest in pictures and in conservation , especially of churches . |
| 24 | Belser have previously published facsimile editions of books and manuscripts in the Vatican.The Archbishop of Cologne has shown a keen interest in the refurbished ‘ Archbishop 's ’ museum and is supporting the new director , Joachim M. Plotzek , in his efforts to gain international recognition for the museum . |
| 25 | But he had a keen interest in a deal . |
| 26 | Many determined publishers and printers from the USA , Germany , Italy and France are taking a keen interest in this enigmatic country and in the limitless market , trying to decide how best to break into this Klondike . |
| 27 | This show was most generously sponsored for the fourth year running by Next , who take a keen interest in the RCA . |
| 28 | Radzinowicz and Wootton were joined by Mrs Serota , who was to succeed to the chairmanship after the death of the first chairman , a former Labour Minister with a keen interest in penal policy , Kenneth Younger . |
| 29 | Heath took a keen interest in the group 's composition , sending out personal letters of invitation . |
| 30 | Apart from harmonizing measures formulated for the purpose of establishing a common market , whose regulators will have a keen interest in acts in one member State that can produce effects in others , most harmonization instruments dealing with contracts are confined to international transactions . |