Sentence examples for pleasant quarters from inspiring English sources

The calottes, the rooms just under the roof that formed the upper storey of the Bastille, were considered the least pleasant quarters, being more exposed to the elements and usually either too hot or too cold for comfort.

Lyon is a handsome city, with a pleasant medieval quarter.

The prime ministerial office in Tripoli's pleasant diplomatic quarter had, unsurprisingly, been abandoned.

It may yet be involved in a putative mining merger between Xstrata and Anglo American.All this may mean a pleasant first-quarter earnings surprise later this month.

Lending support to the equities, traders optimistic of a sound EZ plan, recently firming economic data and and some pleasant third quarter earings news.

The town's modern quarter is pleasant, too, with a complex of main squares.

Tells about a recent visit to the Duggans, still living in Wapping, but in new quarters, a rather pleasant little house.

They have pleasant apartments within the servants' quarters, and the lower servants wake them in the morning, bring them tea, prepare their meals and treat them with almost military respect.

First-quarter earnings were a pleasant surprise, too.

Despite oil's price rise to $130, analysts are still basing their estimates on a price of $100 or so, which could cause some pleasant earnings surprises in the next quarter or two.

The town is pleasant, with an early 19th century quarter of white wooden houses that survived a massive fire in 1892, fine for a peaceful, evocative walk-about.