Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] keen " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Amabel said a very pleasant good morning to his mother , her dear friend Maria , who had been most gratifyingly keen to marry this ecclesiastical son of hers to Gemma . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This was bad luck on the lady , who was obviously dead keen . |
| 4 | He took a long look at the approaching man , who was obviously not keen on leaving the shelter of the trees . |
| 5 | I got the impression that he was personally not keen to stand himself but could be persuaded . |
| 6 | Our canine consultant , Sally , was only too keen to check out its bona fidos . |
| 7 | Now the Network has over 100 local organisers , many of them recruited from the ranks of sports development officers all over the country , who are only too keen to incorporate running for women as part of their programme . |
| 8 | It should have been called , ‘ The World Is Only Too Keen To Listen . ’ |
| 9 | It is also only too keen to buy and , just two months after the release of ‘ The World Wo n't Listen ’ , Rough Trade were forced into the position of issuing yet another Smiths compilation album , this time a double album , on to the English record racks . |
| 10 | Most employers are only too keen to introduce new employees gently to their employment . |
| 11 | Those conscientious airlines that put safety before profit make the major contribution , while all the rest are only too keen to read about other people 's troubles but less willing to contribute themselves . |
| 12 | But when it popped through the ZZAP ! letterbox , he was only too keen to body-check it out . |
| 13 | This narrowed our market and the prospective sellers were only too keen to bring their vehicles to our immobile selves for inspection . |
| 14 | They range from about 17 to 30 and all but Violeta have experience of life and men — which they are only too keen to pass on to Fernando . |
| 15 | ‘ Much too keen . |
| 16 | And she can strike as all too keen to play the introverted sensitive soul , cloaking herself in black and describing Baudelaire and Nerval , some of whose poems provide a decadent counterpoint to the Bible in her music , as ‘ blood brothers ’ . |
| 17 | I do n't know whether , whether it might 've been worthwhile just questioning a bit more about the the link because he was obviously very keen on it |
| 18 | If you 're so bloody keen on accuracy , let's be accurate about this . |
| 19 | First , in those days their things were all banned , and whoever had any was not especially keen to draw attention to the fact . |
| 20 | Thomas was not so keen on relinquishing the Church privileges and there were years of disagreement . |
| 21 | The elder Pliny was full of curiosity at first , and planned to sail across in his galley for a closer look , but his nephew was not so keen on the idea , and turned down his uncle 's invitation to go along as well , pleading pressure of work . |
| 22 | Perhaps I 'm not so keen to have this day end after all . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm not so keen on that but I know that they have to attract young people as well . |
| 24 | And they do n't , they 're not so keen on , on the sharing really . |
| 25 | Thy tooth is not so keen , because thou art not seen , although thy breath be rude ! |
| 26 | That shows the side of the health service that the hon. Lady is not so keen to talk about — our investment in the future and our effective use of facilities and resources . |
| 27 | And I think that Marion 's it 's awful sort of bold and bright and I 'm not so keen on that . |
| 28 | I 'm not so keen on that much of a St I still prefer that . |
| 29 | If we 're going to increase nursery provision , we 've got to do it by putting , putting money where our mouths are , huh , putting our money where perhaps some Conservative government peoples ' mouths are as well , and they 're all very keen to will the ends but they 're not so keen to will the means , anyway this is the means , there 's a million pounds here erm , next year we we effect , and other members can speak about that and the work that they first have erm , I do notice that , that the latest report from the erm commission on on education and the book we all had to read does give us this first priority , er provision in nursery education particularly in areas , er deprived areas . |
| 30 | Townspeople are not so keen on the precinct ; a row of concrete shops off an open walkway built in 1969 . |