It was particularly pleasing to have work by older artists hanging alongside work by many young and emerging artists.
It was particularly pleasing to see one of this column's favourite players back for another April September gig and in red ball cricket to boot.
Its seven nominations are second only to the National's 10, which will be particularly pleasing to outgoing artistic director Michael Attenborough.
Director James Marsh said it was particularly pleasing to have one the award for outstanding British film "as it is such a British story… It grew out of English soil".
It is obviously going to be the most awful election campaign that anyone can remember, so to rob it even of this little bit of show, I think, would not be particularly pleasing to the public".
It's very funny, if you like mordant wit and irony, which not everyone in America does, so it was particularly pleasing to see the Academy give it a nomination.
Anaheim's defeat was not particularly pleasing to Petr Sykora, who made his first appearance at Continental Arena since he was traded to the Mighty Ducks last summer after seven years with the Devils.
Bruce Robin at Thompsons Solicitors, who represented the driver, said: "Mr Bailes and his family have suffered enormously and it was particularly pleasing to see the tribunal back his version of events.
It is particularly pleasing to see the growth in our strong core news business increasingly supported by enhanced profitability in our commercial divisions – a result of smart diversification within the wider business, evolving from our roots in TV news.
He added: "It is particularly pleasing to see that the cumulative attendance has once again topped the 18 million mark.
Talent is obviously critical to that mission so it is particularly pleasing to recognise the contribution of our two new partners with these internal promotions".
