Example sentences of "pleased to see [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Then she was pleased to see a girl , slightly older than Henrietta and Samantha , talking to them and offering them sweets . |
2 | Never had we been so pleased to see a house and a coal fire , and to have a warm welcome ! |
3 | She would be pleased to see a doctor . |
4 | We are pleased to see a programme of monitoring and review built into the scheme and hope that it will be possible to measure its success at the end of its first three years and make adjustments as necessary . |
5 | I am more than pleased to see the Tiller troupe remain . |
6 | The night was cold and black but when he stopped and looked up between the black overhanging gables of the houses , he was pleased to see the clouds beginning to break up . |
7 | While Bayfield said he was disappointed with the results , he was pleased to see the London W company returning to profit after a small loss in the first half . |
8 | I 'm extremely pleased to see the University become more responsive to alumni … |
9 | FACED with the task of selecting suitable books for physics students we were pleased to see the presence of several texts that enhance the physics literature at the undergraduate level . |
10 | Although the Court refused to answer the Article 7 question , given its response to the argument based on Article 3 , common lawyers will be pleased to see the Court 's comment on one aspect of the Article 7 argument . |
11 | I am pleased to see the Secretary of State for Social Security in his place , because he has said that the decision in January 1991 to stop such payments was taken because ’ It has never been the intention , nor is it sensible , that in the generality of cases Housing Benefit should be available as an alternative to income support ’ . |
12 | Said Manager Phil Hicks , ‘ We 've had an excellent customer response to our campaign , and we are particularly pleased to see the award coming to the East Anglia Region . |
13 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
14 | Her own sleep the light , fragmented pre-waking kind by this time , Maria realised what was happening at once and merely gave him a sleepily complacent smile , pleased to see the disturbance in his eyes as he regarded her suspiciously . |
15 | We were pleased to see the Canadians do so well in the World Cup after they had beaten us over there ’ ! |
16 | I am particularly er pleased to see the I T provisions at three two and elsewhere in the report the training for the business plan has been given to the staff . |
17 | Economy and Environment Minister Robert Atkins , speaking at the launch of the report , said he was pleased to see the Council was taking an interest in energy conservation . |
18 | Mrs Wood is pleased to see the back of the children 's father , and may denigrate him in conversation with or overheard by John ( possible inference from lines 21 and 22 ) . |
19 | Carrie was very pleased to see the change in her father now that he had settled into his new job , but she still fretted over her parents , and she had not forgotten her vow that one day she would have enough money to buy them a decent house to live in . |
20 | I was so pleased to see the advert for the Minitex Knitter ( July MKM ) , because I once had one ! |
21 | I am pleased to see the bullet land only six inches from the leaf . |
22 | Mr Fallon said he was pleased to see the matter would be kept under review but added : ‘ I still think it is a nonsense to sell something which is illegal to use . ’ |
23 | I am pleased to see the porpoise , because they too have been affected by the general shortage of food recently , and have not been easy to find in their usual haunts . |
24 | He was pleased to see the soapbox return , adding : ‘ It should have come out earlier . ’ |
25 | Equally , if the mouse was a pest and we are pleased to see the end of it , we do not praise the cat for the saintly way in which it has fulfilled its duty to its household . |
26 | We are pleased to see the guidance state unequivocally that major retail developments are inappropriate in Green Belts . |
27 | Gedge 's mother was pleased to see the band put our a tribute to Jones but would have preferred her son 's singing to be given a lot more prominence . |
28 | ‘ I took up a new hold at 500 feet over the pilot and was pleased to see the dinghy on the water , fully inflated , between the helicopter and the pilot — and upwind of him ! |