Politicians will always be keener on grand talk about reforming global finance than on facing problems at home.
They can raise money more cheaply than smaller Banks, notably in the financial markets, and can therefore offer keener lending rates.
But all over Europe the child-abuse scandal has made secular powers keener to reassert their authority, and less willing to accept the Catholic church as a semi-autonomous power.
The worst thing is: The secondhand experience is always better. The image is crisper, the view is keener, the camera angle and the soundtrack manipulate my emotions in a way reality can't anymore. 最糟的一點在於：間接的經歷總是更美妙。圖像更加清晰，視覺更加敏鋭，鏡頭的角度和配樂還*縱着我的種種情緒，讓現實根本望塵莫及。
The lazy man has an infinitely keener perception of metaphysical reality than the active one.
I had more colour and more flesh, more life, more vivacity, because I had brighter hopes and keener enjoyments.
The Conferences will foster keener collaboration and connection amongst stakeholders in the region and also raise the environmental consciousness of people living there.
Smell is keener in dogs than in humans.
And several of the leading contenders for 2008's presidential election are much keener on emissions caps than Mr Bush.
Most universities are running at high costs and don't properly utilise their buildings. The private sector is better at procurement because they are keener at negotiating better prices.
The private sector is better at procurement because they are keener at negotiating better prices.
He was not, in his own mind, a natural doctor, being far keener on skiing, golf, girls, and having fun; his party trick was blowing fire.
They went into a bedroom hung with Persian fabrics and I was about to go in after them, when they came out again almost immediately, smiling and as it were put to shame by this latest revelation. The effect was to make me even keener to see inside.
Consumers are keener than ever to use natural products instead of materials like nylon and rayon which are made from petroleum.
Now I noticed that people seemed keener to talk to me than before, and not just about medical matters.
That may also explain why the British are keener than Australians on cremations.
The main opposition leader, Deniz Baykal, has at times seemed even keener on a coup than are the generals themselves.
Although in theory China, Europe and Americaare determined Iran should not go nuclear, China and some European governments often seem keener on trading with Iran than in curbing its weapons ambitions.
Drinkers have got keener on the more expensive stuff (made from malted barley and generally matured for at least ten years) and less keen on grain and blended whiskies (usually kept for three).
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