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"We get a goal back at the death and if we hadn't conceded a poor second goal we could have walked away with a point, which would have been pleasing," he said.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013

But it's not just his goals that have been pleasing – it's the way he's played all round and the assists he's got.

From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2012

It would have been pleasing, Molly thought, to have them going every which way.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 20, 2010

Lined up with them, besides 88 Republicans and a large faction of insurgent Democrats, were 44 Southerners�to whom the President's sharp words at Gainesville last fortnight could hardly have been pleasing.

From Time Magazine Archive

This principle of selection made it necessary to exclude some selections that might have been pleasing but at the same time were not universal in their acceptance.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert