adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a good/attractive alternative
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If you don’t want curtains, blinds are a good alternative.
an attractive feature
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The house had many attractive features, notably the large garden.
an attractive option (= one that sounds or is good )
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If time is short, taking the car to northern France is an attractive option.
an attractive proposition
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Setting up your own business is a very attractive proposition.
an attractive/handsome/pleasing etc appearance
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Large blue eyes set in a long thin face give him a striking and attractive appearance.
attractive
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A journey of that length was not an attractive prospect.
physically attractive
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She found him physically attractive.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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When a man as attractive as Crilly makes an attempt to leave the circle, the girls get bothered.
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But surely some one who could make a column as attractive as this one would have no trouble making another forty-seven?
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Printing and presentation should be as attractive as possible - after all the library is an attractive place isn't it?
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For recession-weary washers, lower bills may sound just as attractive as greener laundry - as it were.
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It can therefore be seen that these inducements are not quite as attractive as they seem at first sight.
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On the other hand, one of the things that marks an emerging market as attractive is access to large markets.
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One was that it might not be as attractive as some of the stronger currencies and so its general acceptability might suffer.
extremely
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She was also by all accounts extremely attractive .
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Water is extremely attractive as a source of both propellants and life-support materials.
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However, she gives warning that this can still be misleading, especially if the interest includes an extremely attractive bonus.
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On the positive side, McCain, his wife, Cindy, and his children make an extremely attractive family.
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He was extremely attractive , with thick hair and clear eyes and a scattering of freckles.
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This species is extremely attractive but suitable only for large tanks where the leaves coil decoratively under water.
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Lounge bar and restaurant offering a first-class menu. Extremely attractive locality.
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Comments: An extremely attractive , hardy, easy-to-grow species.
how
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He seemed unaware of how attractive he was to women.
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She wanted to flirt and dance and find out how attractive she was to other men.
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If you want to employ an attractive secretary how attractive does she have to be?
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The house stands for oral greediness and how attractive it is to give in to it.
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She knew now how attractive Miguel could be when he wanted to be, and she knew he could manipulate her feelings.
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His eyes sparkled with delight as her mannerisms and voice reminded him of just how attractive he found Englishwomen.
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I could see how attractive was the chance it offered him to leave Reine, and he deserved it.
less
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Normally rising interest rates will depress the price of gilts by making their fixed interest payments less attractive to investors.
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Teen-age girls cut their hair and dressed in baggy clothes to be less attractive to the mysterious killer.
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In some cases this may make the prospect of an award less attractive .
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Why is Congress trying to make the United States a less attractive destination?
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The general science courses may have been more suited but have proved less attractive .
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It is small wonder that the idea of setting sail for an un-known land grew less and less attractive to him.
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I am sure it will but I also think that it will take sales away from the bigger, but less attractive 5-Series.
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Among themselves, economists usually agree that welfare payments and unemployment insurance make getting a job less attractive .
more
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A similar ear-marked tax for health could prove even more attractive .
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But replacing it with something more attractive is going to cost a lot more than anyone anticipated.
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A rich soil soon becomes home to rampant weeds which smother less competitive, more attractive plants.
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Improvements to public infrastructure were emphasized as a means of making depressed areas more attractive to private industry.
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X and make it standard with Solaris 2.1 and 2. x, making that stuff more attractive .
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Consider a group of guys married to women more attractive than they are.
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The taxing of consumption does make current saving more attractive .
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During periods of recovery, stocks are usually more attractive investments because rising economic activity increases companies' earnings.
most
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In general, what people find most stimulating and most attractive is a bit different but not too different from what they know already.
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He has examined a number of competing fusion schemes, and found helium-3 / deuterium fusion to be the most attractive .
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The Standards looked most attractive , and operated throughout the summer season in normal service until 1966, when they were withdrawn.
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Indeed, many homosexual actors and models are among the men regarded as most attractive to women.
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Mr Wood's Fossils is now one of Edinburgh's most attractive specialist shops.
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But it also could mean that he is the most attractive player the Suns have to trade.
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It was nice to hear the radio 5 commentator say that Leeds play one of the most attractive styles of football around.
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The cocktail and long and short evening dresses I saw, were most attractive and cleverly designed.
particularly
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The turning to the legs is particularly attractive here.
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And the hours are flexible, which makes it particularly attractive to women who have family responsibilities.
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Until men had learned how to cut diamonds, they were not particularly attractive crystals.
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A large canvas of poppies provides a particularly attractive example of this aspect of her work.
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Why should emerging markets be particularly attractive ?
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The crevices where the spurs were cut back each year were particularly attractive hiding places for mealy bugs.
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The architecture and culture feel pleasantly familiar and the friendly atmosphere makes Tenerife particularly attractive .
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She was a very strong-willed child, and not a particularly attractive one.
so
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What was so attractive about it?
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In fact, it may be this polychrome character that makes pentecostalism so attractive to so many people.
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If you actually show people in much greater need, young adults, they're not so attractive .
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Looked at this way, minus the polished eyes, her face was not so attractive .
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It was unfair for one man to be so attractive .
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That's why hedgehogs find gardens so attractive - they are excellent sources of food.
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But the Cotswold valley that made the property so attractive will soon be the route of a new bypass.
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Now the choice is so wide and the packaging so attractive that most children are delighted.
very
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And at 3.15 on Tuesdays and Thursdays it's very attractive indeed.
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She loved his looks, and when he stood up to her, she found him very attractive .
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Voice over Female speaker Children like animals and there's no doubt this is a very attractive one.
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I had a girl in Hong Kong, Jim said. Very attractive and intelligent young woman.
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The outer edges were rounded and smoothed with a small edging trowel, which gives a very attractive finish.
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She was smart, energetic, very attractive , and turning forty.
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Logistic considerations make the Moon a very attractive base of operations if ice is abundant in the lunar polar regions.
■ NOUN
alternative
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Supposedly few recruits to the field will choose to enter into these basic and difficult studies if there are attractive alternatives .
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Since the recent purchase of a block of furnished flatlets in Bridlington, Yorkshire, self-catering holidays have become an attractive alternative .
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Blinds are an attractive alternative to curtains, and there are many types available.
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It seems a highly attractive alternative to periodic sterling crises.
feature
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An additional attractive feature for savers was the fact that societies did not normally levy transactions charges on accounts.
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Yet market buildings, even when they are quite plain, are usually attractive features of a town.
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It is a very attractive feature and has only been known to dry up once in the summer of 1826.
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It is the autonomous nature of sole trading which is an attractive feature of this form of business enterprise.
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Provided the room is big enough, room divider doors are a practical solution and can be an attractive feature .
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She was sixteen-years-old but with her slim, petite figure and attractive features she could have passed for twenty.
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The generality and flexibility of such a procedure are a very attractive feature of the technology.
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A particularly attractive feature of the notation is its expressiveness.
girl
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As she stepped back to view the result, she realised that Martha was really a most attractive girl .
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She's a very attractive girl .
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She was also an attractive girl .
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Louisa, an attractive girl full of life was in service at Mapledurham.
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An attractive girl with a cheerful smile and laughing eyes was sitting at the cash register by the doorway.
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She used make-up and bleached her hair and was a very attractive girl .
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Besides, Liza was no longer the stunningly attractive girl she had been a year ago.
man
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Who are these two, these fiercely attractive men who want me to stick their needle in my arm?
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Then, when I tell him about some of the more attractive men at my current gym, he nods appreciatively.
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One is always tempted to save money by photographing locals, or the various attractive men and women one meets on holiday.
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An attractive man stands by the door, glasses and a brown mustache, reading Barbara Pym.
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The most attractive man in all Ireland, the girl in the shop had said, and perhaps he was.
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I try and meet the intellectual types at bookstores, but all the attractive men tend to congregate in the porno sections.
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He's a very attractive man who looks younger than his age so why the hang-up?
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Matthew Preston was an attractive man physically.
offer
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Having to move an offer deadline date backward due to a lack of attractive offers will place a vendor in a weak position.
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I am just sitting tight waiting for an attractive offer .
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Competition has hit a new high with many attractive offers in the run-up to Christmas.
option
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By applying a set of pragmatic guidelines to software choice a clearer picture of the more attractive options emerges.
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He said the stock market remains an attractive option .
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Despite this, arrest for questioning has quickly become an attractive option for the police.
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Prostitution is no longer an attractive option to ensure economic survival.
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Buying direct from a manufacturer often seems the most attractive option at first glance.
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Coupled with this expertise, lower costs make arbitration a very attractive option .
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For style, elegance and versatility, the Classico paving system from Marley is an attractive option .
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Intrapersonal conflict occurs in an individual where there are several equally attractive options but only one may be chosen.
proposition
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It is not an attractive proposition for independent power generation because it is difficult to finance.
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In theory, a star-driven period melodrama with top-notch production values should have been an attractive proposition for distributors.
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If hiring costs can be reduced by machines working longer, it could become an even more attractive proposition .
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By the end of the Regency period the pub was becoming a far more attractive proposition for the government, too.
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Costs and qualifications All-optical cabling is an attractive proposition .
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This was not an attractive proposition , but my idea of womanhood was hardly preferable.
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I can't feel that this music as presented here is an attractive proposition at full price.
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Relativism is not an attractive proposition to anyone, least of all philosophers, because everything becomes so uncertain and transitory.
woman
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I don't know how she's put up with it at times, because she's an attractive woman .
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In the next twelve months I went out with five spunky and attractive women .
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She was a small, attractive woman with red hair.
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I was greeted by a very attractive woman of about thirty.
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Not for her that studied aloofness which so many attractive women mistakenly affect.
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Goering had noted many times before that the fatter and more powerful he got, the more attractive women found him.
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He was an incredibly handsome man, Marianne a stunningly attractive woman .
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He could never resist doing that with an attractive woman .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an attractive outfit
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an attractive personality
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He was a tall attractive man in his mid-forties.
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I don't find those body-builders with huge muscles attractive at all.
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I don't know what makes Jamie so attractive to women.
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Improvements to public infrastructure is one way of making depressed areas more attractive to private industry.
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It's enough for me that my husband thinks I'm sexually attractive .
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Lower rates have made other currencies, such as the dollar, more attractive .
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She's very nice but I don't really find her attractive .
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The houses were situated in an attractive spot, near the river.
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The interest rate makes these an attractive investment.
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The job pays well and you get a company car and 30 days holiday a year -- it's certainly an attractive offer.
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The staff includes many top scientists who left attractive jobs elsewhere to join the hard-driving CEO.
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This attractive book is an ideal gift for any young baseball fan.
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We've put together what we think is a very attractive package, including discounts, special offers, and free credit.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A resumption of dividend payments looks in store this year and the shares at 37p are attractive .
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An attractive verandah restaurant, open to the public, offers romantic àlacarte dining.
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Everything had been provided to make this room an attractive and restful setting for any guest.
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He seemed unaware of how attractive he was to women.
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She is only a skeleton, but she believes she is still alive and highly attractive .
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She was an attractive woman, but I never thought she had a human feeling in her.
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Still another way of promoting a more embracing gay culture is to make old age more attractive .