Example sentences of "interested in [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He says he 's interested in building up a representative collection of primitive and tribal art , but when we tell him the best place to look is in his own back yard , as it were , he tells us he does n't want Abo art , ’ James said , trying unsuccessfully to pronounce the last two words of his sentence with what he imagined was an Australian accent . |
| 2 | Among those who do not , many are not interested in building up the sort of long-term relationship characterised by mutual obligations which a system built upon rights implies ; some are " voluntary " temporary workers only wanting occasional work , others are " involuntary " ones regarding their current job as , at best , " stop-gap " employment . |
| 3 | So , when Caine told Peter Langan that he was interested in setting up a British restaurant along the lines of La Coupole , Langan found it an irresistible proposition . |
| 4 | But she added that she understood that AT&T was interested in setting up a competitor to Telecom Eireann . |
| 5 | It was interested in taking over a small mine called Wheal Concord but pulled out because financial prospects were poor . |
| 6 | But it then transpired that BOC was also interested in taking over the firm by buying the remaining 70 per cent of the shares . |
| 7 | Food chain Tescos is thought to be interested in taking over the imposing building . |
| 8 | We could possibly arrange sub-contractors if anyone was interested in taking up the job in a given area . |
| 9 | The press coverage in turn has resulted in many other local authorities becoming interested in taking up the idea and pursuing their own campaigns . |
| 10 | Clare asked Carolyn , casually , if she was interested in taking on a few hours a week . |
| 11 | But now it appears thieves are being increasingly interested in taking on the hole in the wall and that means bigger and heavier vehicles to do it . |
| 12 | Second thing was that having covered absolutely everything she was n't any estate , or at least did n't appear to be any so the surviving spouse was n't very interested in taking out a grant anyway cos it was n't going to get him any funds , so we then have the job of doing what 's called debarring him and basically he renounced his right to be of the administrator and we then had to go under the rules to find the next person which was one of the specific beneficiaries I E the sons . |
| 13 | II Maccabees is not interested in following up the destiny of the Samaritan temple , which must have indirectly benefited from the rebellion of Judas Maccabaeus . |
| 14 | ( If you 're interested in following up the question of how we know what 's going on in our own minds you might have a look at Duncan : I Know What I Know — or Do I ? — Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society , Spring 1971 , or just possibly my contribution to the symposium on recursion in the current Analysis , though this is a little technical . ) |
| 15 | I wonder if they 'd be interested in putting out a revised edition ? ’ |
| 16 | Ring them , or better still go to see them all , and ask if they are interested in carrying out the survey , how much they charge and when they can do it . |
| 17 | ‘ A man interested in finding out the truth , and therefore seeing that justice is done . |