Example sentences of "was pleased [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DAB was pleased to record that five successful , well attended DAB conferences had been held during the summer and autumn : international symposium on Supporting reagent chemistry ( York ) , 10th international meeting on NMR spectroscopy ( St Andrews ) , 11th international conference on Chemical education ( York ) , 16th international symposium on Macrocyclic chemistry ( Sheffield ) and the 1991 Autumn meeting ( York ) . |
| 2 | His team came tenth out of the twenty five that competed , a result with which he was pleased considering that many of his competitors ( although with amateur status like himself ) were well funded and backed by sponsors . |
| 3 | He was pleased to find that both girls shared his taste in music , although they also liked sentimental ballads and dance music . |
| 4 | There were no enemies and only a few night-time predators on the steppe ; however he was pleased to note that elementary security was not being neglected . |
| 5 | He was pleased to note that this had the desired effect — she no longer wet herself . |
| 6 | The haste , perhaps , and the diffidence both , were encouraged by his wife , who did not like him to talk of Trade , considering it to be vulgar , and yet she was pleased to note that this casual reference to wealth met with a satisfactory , if silent , response . |