adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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more
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What moments in life could be more pleasurable ?
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What was gained in fusion was a sense of wholeness more pleasurable than the feelings of fragmentation that preceded it.
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A tidy Program Manager can make Windows easier, and much more pleasurable , to use.
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activity
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For some young people, sniffing is a pleasurable activity .
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Behavioural techniques Most treatment programmes include behavioural modification techniques, making the patient's access to pleasurable activities contingent on weight gain.
experience
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This social aspect of reading, of sharing a pleasurable experience , should begin at this stage.
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The goal is to make each encounter a pleasurable experience that your child will enjoy.
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Sniffing is also a cheap and easy substitute for alcohol and can be a pleasurable experience .
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Virtually every pleasurable experience in the novel is interrupted.
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The loss concerns pleasurable experience , which derives from the immediate release of a direct instinctual impulse.
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Choosing fish for the aquarium should be a pleasurable experience but needs to be carefully considered.
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Do all pleasurable experiences produce life-long addiction?
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It is this choice that helps to make reading a pleasurable experience .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Once you are reasonably fit, you will find the exercise satisfying and pleasurable .
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The pleasurable effects of any drug quickly wear off.
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We want this to be a pleasurable experience for everyone.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sharp sad pain, almost pleasurable , thrust into me.
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Another way to make reading pleasurable is to work hard to find books that your children will love to read.
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It's pleasurable and it's surprising in its detail.
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It was cigar smoke she noticed first always - every time a slight, pleasurable stinging of the eyes.
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Like a biochemical carrot and stick, these systems generate pleasurable or painful feelings that powerfully guide behavior.
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What moments in life could be more pleasurable ?
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Without some element of suffering in our lives, it is difficult to distinguish a pleasurable life from a happy life.