Example sentences of "[be] [adv] keen " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am rather keen , and I 'm sure you are rather keen , that it should not end in a shabby way . ’ |
| 2 | I am most keen to take advantage of this offer , which is unlikely to be available in 1993/94 , given the dire state of BR 's overall financial position . |
| 3 | I am rather keen , and I 'm sure you are rather keen , that it should not end in a shabby way . ’ |
| 4 | Lazio are dead keen . ’ |
| 5 | The market sectors in which the partners are most keen to establish an impact revolve mainly around services such as retailing , advertising and finance . |
| 6 | So are the other countries which support it , even if they have been less keen to play soldiers . |
| 7 | ‘ We are especially keen to attract young people and women as they are not adequately represented within the Society , although we have members from 19 to 92 ’ . |
| 8 | We are especially keen to bring together scholars working on the ‘ East ’ with those working on Africa . |
| 9 | We are especially keen to attract young people so that all aspects of Medau work can be shown . |
| 10 | I am especially keen on Swordtails . |
| 11 | If it had n't been for the canter Nails would not have been terribly keen for another lesson , but the canter had given him dreams above his station . |
| 12 | Some bands are extremely keen to sign with a respected manager who insists on collecting the artist 's money . |
| 13 | Without specific teaching , young chimpanzees , like young children , are extremely keen to copy their parents ' behaviour from a very early age . |
| 14 | Parents are extremely keen to have their children admitted to the college because they want them to take advantage of the excellent education that it offers . |
| 15 | They are so keen to get on with it that they can be guaranteed to see the rabbit before any human and are fast off the mark . |
| 16 | One is to telephone , or write to her beforehand , saying that things have been so hectic at your end recently that it seemed at one point that you might have to postpone your visit for a week or two , but that you are so keen to see her that you are absolutely determined to ‘ make it ’ somehow , even if it has to be just a ‘ flying visit ’ . |
| 17 | If these people are so keen on farming , why did they bother forming a band ? |
| 18 | That 's why they are so keen . |
| 19 | This is often what lies behind the suspicion which is aroused by widows , divorcees , and unhappily married women whom men who already have partners are so keen to help . |
| 20 | Therefore , it is fair to ask why we are so keen on public transport if all experience over the past decade or so shows a fall in rail and bus passenger services and traffic in rural areas and in cities . |
| 21 | A wipe , by the way , is like on of those weird effects the directors of such programs as Top of the Pops are so keen on — where the picture changes via a tumbling square or comes in from one side to replace the picture you have onscreen already . |
| 22 | If Labour Members are so keen on Ravenscraig staying open , why does the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) not have the guts — or perhaps the influence in the shadow Cabinet — to give an unequivocal commitment that if the Labour party came to power it would keep Ravenscraig open ? |
| 23 | That is one of the reasons why the Opposition are so keen to get measures going which would enable the regions to promote their own economic development and regeneration for the future . |
| 24 | What I find so extraordinary is that Opposition Members are so keen to place with trade unions abroad so much of the authority on labour law matters that resides in this House . |
| 25 | Is my right hon. Friend aware of any Opposition party — it is the Opposition parties that are so keen for the social charter — ever having contested those figures , and , if not , why are they so keen to go into something that would disadvantage Britain ? |
| 26 | Derry 's unfancied squad , written off by a lot of football pundits , are so keen to prove their detractors wrong , that they 've set themselves a demanding series of targets for the remaining four matches . |
| 27 | I can never understand quite why the press are so keen to know somebody 's age , it does n't matter what you do , what you are , but they want to know how old you are . |
| 28 | In fact it 's because of that very commitment Mr Mayor that we are so keen to see it used properly and effectively . |
| 29 | At the other end of the spectrum , some farmers are so keen to pass on as much as they can to the next generation they leave themselves and their spouses with no capital or income on which to live . |
| 30 | They appear well in advance of publication , and usually contain a good deal of information about individual titles — though here again the information is put together by the producers , who are naturally keen to sell their product . |