But there is a cosy complacency that Scotland doesn't suffer from it, when that is simply not true. |
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Blogging is said to have changed modern journalism by challenging the cosy media monopoly with its grass-roots approach to issues. |
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To start with this is an unproven assertion based all too obviously on a cosy view of a mythical working class family from the Fifties. |
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This isn't good enough, and a current court case may end this cosy little arrangement. |
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The participants also felt that where the press had a cosy relationship with politicians, it was bound to have negative consequences. |
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Buying off tyrants with cosy deals and soothing them with weasel words is yesterday's strategy. |
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It's a lovely, beamed, cosy room with two giant sofas, an antique coffee table and a large television. |
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Hew home was so cosy and so artistically decorated for Christmas with decorations, lights, Christmas trees and Santa Claus. |
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An ornamental sink, parquet flooring and solid wood units at eye and floor level are features of this cosy room. |
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Blow away the cobwebs on the cliff-top walk and return to cosy bedrooms with patchwork quilts, fresh fruit and coffee. |
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So cosy in fact, that it was difficult to tear ourselves away from the roaring log fire burning in the inglenook fireplace. |
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It was on the cosy feuilleton sections of some of the continent's leading newspapers that they choose to make their wordy stand. |
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The debates was little more than a cosy session of swapping inoffensive historical anecdotes about libraries. |
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The public areas have immense character, with heavily beamed ceilings and cosy open fireplaces, including an old cast iron range in the lounge. |
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We were housed in one of the smallish but perfectly formed garden rooms, tastefully decorated in a floral theme with cosy en suite bathroom. |
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You can spend the night in warm, cosy log cabins watching the northern lights dance across the sky. |
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It was a true romantic rendezvous for many a couple who made themselves comfortable in the cosy confines of the pub. |
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And what better way than to spend Valentine's Day than tucked up in a cosy pub? |
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A pint of stout, comforted by a cosy interior, is a temptation indeed for the thirsty tourist. |
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I felt warm and cosy, and deliciously comfortable for the first time in almost a week, and snuggled down to enjoy another five minutes. |
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Think cosy log cabin, lots of satisfied regulars and a country dinner party feel. |
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It's a cosy relationship of mutual dependence that is replicated throughout the whole of the human services. |
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Then in steps the villain, with an almost Machiavellian intent to wreck the perfectly cosy relationship that the two lovers have built up. |
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Policy communities are cosy relationships between organized interests and officials. |
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This cosy set-up was unlikely to be challenged as long as the company performed financially. |
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This cosy arrangement has been abruptly terminated, however, by new government regulations limiting the sort of work that amateurs can carry out. |
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What we do not want is more delaying tactics, promises of announcements further down the track, cosy meetings and backroom deals. |
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She had just put the cosy on the steaming pot of tea when the front door opened violently and crashed against the wall. |
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After a quarter of an hour, hot buttered toast on a covered hot water plate, with the Staffordshire cottage tea pot in its floral cosy, arrived. |
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I opened up my package to find a beautiful little egg cosy with the most pretty embellishments, including twinkly crystals, on the top. |
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The mug is wrapped in a delightful knitted cosy that will keep your drink and hands warm in chilly weather. |
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This lovely, quirky toilet roll cosy has been hand crocheted using high quality pure wools. |
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Use denim or any scraps of fabric you have to create a lovely upcycled phone cosy. |
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It will be a shock leaving the cosy, fluffy world of working for a university to then leap into the hairy, scary world of Internet commerce. |
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With the holiday season approaching could there be anything more vital to your cosy Christmas cotch than an all-in-one? |
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A lilac purple with touches of green and gold make the dining area welcoming and elegant, cosy but posh. |
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Turning left as I came to a crossroad, I caught a glimpse of my parent's cosy home before going down the steep hill. |
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Tegan and Sara's voices are equally cutesy but while one is cosy and hopeful, the other is only a kitten-heeled step away from a bolshy banshee. |
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They have been seen drinking in an Irish pub together and they certainly looked very cosy but it's early days. |
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It's home to a cornucopia of delis, gourmet stores, boutiques and cosy little restaurants. |
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But here we all were in a cosy country pub, all agreeing that we wouldn't want to be anywhere else. |
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If you order Devonshire tea in this fine establishment, you get a real teapot with a real tea cosy on it. |
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The atmosphere is cosy, the decor eclectic, but the overall ambience revolves around the staff. |
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Riddled with pavement cafes and dotted with cosy bars, the city groans with museums and magical art galleries, cinemas and designer outlets. |
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An erudite, doting wife, Eileen, who calls him darling in lovely, wartime tones, completes the cosy mirage. |
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I would suggest that they move out of their cosy offices and tour the area to see for themselves what is not only an eyesore but a health hazard. |
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Nothing I like more than being warm and cosy under a 2-layered 15 tog quilt. |
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It showed some cosy family with a couple of small kids, all cloying sweetness and perfection, such as exists purely in adland. |
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There must be something very strange in a man who, if left alone in a room with a tea cosy, doesn't try it on. |
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Now the tiniest household decision makes motor industry arbitration seem like a cosy chat. |
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Painted in a dark bordello-esque red, this cosy restaurant has a warm, welcoming and distinctly lived-in atmosphere. |
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Small enough to be cosy, large enough to give her room to move if she wished it. |
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There is a lot she misses about home, like soap operas, cosy carpets, her favourite clothes shops and quality cottage cheese. |
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But you'd have to be pretty hard-hearted to hold that against this quirky, individual and cosy four-star Sardinian hotel. |
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Only his wife was allowed to wash it, and it had to be dried on a tea cosy over a biscuit tin to keep its shape. |
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Cavity wall insulation acts like a tea cosy, preventing heat from escaping from a house and keeping rooms warmer for longer. |
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Choice made, we settled down to a night of relaxation under the crisp cotton sheets and cosy duvet. |
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The rooms are medium-sized, well decorated, cosy and extremely comfortable. |
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Her predecessor had apparently turned her office into a cosy front room, complete with a fireplace. |
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Not surprisingly, it has become a popular eat-out for the corporates, families and for the cosy twosomes. |
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Examples abound of cosy sinecures being parcelled out to those who have served in constitutional posts. |
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In contrast to the uncluttered iciness of many newer places, it is cosy, relaxing and, well, romantic, with oil lamps on each table. |
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Our hotel has cosy snuggeries, a wonderful beer-garden, a winter-garden, a bar and a large lounge with seats for up to 80 people. |
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With wooden flooring and large comfortable sofas, it offers a modern atmosphere but with a cosy, homely feel. |
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Diane and Paul Brown are hell-bent on creating a cosy environment in this smart split-level restaurant just off the High Street in Dunfermline. |
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Elizabeth and Agatha sat together in the living room in the cosy pool of light shed by the standard lamp. |
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Other gifts, kindly made and given by members of the public, included a cardigan, two pairs of bed socks, and a hand-knitted tea cosy. |
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As is often the case in the cosy cartel of party politics, the bigger parties are more than happy to retain the status quo. |
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The cosy relationship between old political strongmen and big business is dead. |
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When we left the imposing but cosy cupola of the chancellery we found that snow was falling on the streets of Munich. |
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An old kitchen range, sugan chairs, kitchen tables, the use of natural stone and wood combined give Doyle's a cosy country atmosphere. |
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You'd call him the grandfather of stand-up comedy, if grandfather didn't seem altogether too cosy. |
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Clearly a labour of love with its attention to detail and cosy finish, it is a perfect lovers' retreat. |
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They could be at the zoo, or ice-skating at Somerset House, or pleasurably slumped with leftover chocolates in their cosy sitting-rooms. |
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It is a cosy corner to invite several friends to degust tea and have a private meeting. |
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Shareholders are wanting higher returns from companies in mature markets or in cosy duopolies or oligopolies. |
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Suspicious buyers could draw the wrong conclusions, equating cosy partnerships with greedy cartels. |
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Many of the restaurants provide accommodation as well as a delicious menu, be it a cosy space above a local pub or large, opulent guest rooms. |
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It was a former watermill, masterfully converted into a cosy modern Bed-and-Breakfast hotel, with two rooms and a bunkhouse outside. |
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And as it all unravelled, cosy deals, lax auditing, wheels within wheels, and slippery accounting was exposed. |
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It's cosy, and the perfect place to put your feet up and relax with a well-earned pint. |
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A small, cosy gem on Sherman Drive, this is a classic 1940s bar that knocks spots off most 1990s retro imitations. |
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Why was T J Hooker still working the streets when he was a Sergeant, and should have been ensconced in a cosy desk job at his age? |
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Thus, with a cosy majority of 196 in a House of 234, her position remains unassailable. |
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Marriage followed alongside a comfortable life on the cosy road to middle-class success. |
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Each guild must enter a Christmas table centre, homemade Christmas card, Christmas tea cosy and chocolate yule log. |
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The fact is, they would probably choose to settle down somewhere cosy, preferably in the full glare of the public eye. |
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We had cocktails in the Eagle first then wine and antipasti in a cosy Italian cucina near Sadlers. |
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Instead of cosy, low-rent substitute houses in old neighbourhoods, there were high-rise apartment buildings. |
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She said she was a little nervous about shedding her clothes in the cosy auditorium, where the audience sits a few feet from the stage. |
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Back downstairs, the family room is a cosy space with an antique cast iron fireplace and walls painted in warm terracotta. |
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On top of this, they demonstrate just how clean and genuinely cosy homes built of stone, lime, mud and thatch can be. |
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The gardens, fuelled by tropical drizzle, are immaculate, as is the cosy bar with fireplace, lit nightly at 6pm. |
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There's a cosy fire, Mrs Moran's husband is tonight's cheery barman and the islanders are friendly. |
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It speaks of winter days sitting snug and cosy, the lamp lighting my page, toes gently toasting, and the quiet tick-tock of the clock. |
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The recently refitted kitchen is large and cosy, with a dark green, four-oven Aga and solid beech worktops. |
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That manifests itself in a cosy collectivism that seeks to minimise the importance of any problem. |
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With only 10 rooms and a cosy bar, with a roaring fire in winter, it fits the bill perfectly. |
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Gold trim and decorations accented the burgundy, and made the place seem cosy. |
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The atmosphere is relaxed and cosy, ideal for a quiet conversation on weighty world matters or passing trivialities. |
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The restaurant is spacious and pretty without being twee and the adjoining low-ceilinged pub is comfy, cosy and welcoming. |
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However, the monsoon is no season to lounge on the cosy sands beside the lapping waves. |
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Handmade in Alaska by Alaskans, red-fox mukluks, with leather or arctic-fox trim, would give you cosy toes this Christmas. |
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Tucked down in boho Stockbridge, this crimson-walled diner twinkles with candlelight and feels as cosy as a New Orleans bar in a cyclone. |
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All in all, the Dorchester manages to achieve a delicate balance of being splendid yet cosy and imposing yet unstuffy. |
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Famed for its cosy snugs and hearty bar food its antiquated interior creates an atmosphere that some modern bars will never recreate. |
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Industrialism's strident emergent element nestles comfortably in a cosy neo-pastoralist structure of feeling. |
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In the main restaurant you can choose to dine in the cosy formal room or on the breezy balcony. |
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She was intelligent and coherent and not the least bit cosy or vacuously spiritual. |
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The restaurant has a cosy and relaxing feel to it, and the subtle lighting and candles make it ideal for a romantic night out. |
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Last week you were having cosy, informal chats in their office, now you're getting the brush-off whenever you try to instigate a meeting. |
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But, in a spirit of reconciliation and harmony let me say this to the 40,000 non-blacks in our cosy nation. |
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We talk in his room with its single bed, bumpily spread with a candlewick counterpane in a cosy shade of plum. |
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I came away from the market with a butter dish, a tea cosy, and a very small dish of excellent chocolate gelato. |
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We've all seen Beckham with his tea cosy version of the woolly hat and Victoria in her baseball cap. |
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If you live in a cosy, centrally heated house, your red wine could be too warm if served at the prevailing heat. |
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Then, end the day at a downtown hotel in one of our world-class cities or tucked away in a chateau, chalet, or a cosy seaside inn! |
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It is decorated in the most interesting manner with dark subdued lighting creating a warm cosy atmosphere. |
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Not a cosy coterie of the chattering classes, but people who represent a broad spectrum of opinion. |
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Use of warm, dim lighting goes some way to mask the ugly furnishings, creating a cosy, homely, inviting atmosphere. |
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The whole place had a very homely, cosy feel to it, and I just became accustomed to the rooms being unfinished. |
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We settled in at a cosy table set with fine china and featuring a ceramic piggy bank centerpiece. |
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Inside, the restaurant is still cosy and chintzy, with fresh flowers and gleaming silverware. |
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The point of pub sports is, of course, that they're played in the cosy indoors, with a pint of ale to hand. |
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On plenty of boards made up of old chums, a cosy culture can lull directors' inquisitiveness. |
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The main house:First floor: entrance, very cosy living room with inglenook fireplace, dining room and a spacious bathroom with toilet. |
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Both define politics not as the art of the possible but as a moral crusade in which compromise is a cosy euphemism for lack of principle. |
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This is not all Mr Corzine's fault, but he has never seriously challenged the cosy contractors and public-sector unions that bloat costs. |
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Or why not add pockets to the sides of a tea cosy and fill with rosemary. |
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But instead of sallying forth on a grand tour of obvious metropolises, she decided to cosy up with her more devoted fans, wherever they may be. |
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Upon entering the house one is welcomed by a feeling of warmth due to the cosy wooden interior and a slow-burning wood stove. |
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Expect cosy fireside stories, decadent dinners and plenty of bibliotherapy. |
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Even our prime minister felt it necessary to proclaim his secular outlook by donning what looked like an inverted tea cosy on his head at his annual iftar. |
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Then we went down to the pub at the corner of the road, a nice cosy oak-walled place filled with medics and rich old boys amid the gleam of mirrors and brasses. |
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Green yellows lift dark, cosy decors, warm cold surfaces and look fabulous next to plants and flowers. |
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The cosy winceyette nightwear and woolly cardigans give away the chilly Yorkshire weather even in May, but we were used to being cold. |
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A cosy warmth in a long winter evening surrounded by a witchy sound of a burning wood in a fireplace. |
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Many homeless people choose to bail out of our cosy little society and live on the streets, seeking shelter wherever they can, and doing what they have to do to stay alive. |
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The T-ONE STONE baking unit will transform your lounge into a cosy bakehouse. |
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Expect to cook plenty of nourishing stews for cosy nights at home. |
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The cosy kitchen is painted in a peachy terracotta she mixed herself. |
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Cassiopeia is a cosy double room with its own shower, wash basin and toilet. From there you'll have a stunning view over the valley. |
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The low reveals as well as the steep saddleback roof give the building a typical, cosy appearance. |
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Our house was cosy, with three bedrooms and an upstairs bathroom. |
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The Robinsons' octet of ancient urban cats were all too scared to do anything about the rats and slept all day in the cosy comfort of the Aga corner. |
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On a cosy little cul-de-sac off O'Malley Park, it's got to be a steal! |
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When you walk through the front door of the old stone church you enter the reception area which consists of a bar to the left and a cosy waiting area to the right. |
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And when the wood creaks from time to time, this cosy house is merely drawing attention to its eventful history. |
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You create a cosy canopied bed, but is stays effective against the mosquito. |
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I want my world rocked and my cosy assumptions blown out of the water. |
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Visitors admired the laid tables, the fairy-like canopied bers, the cosy corners and came by looking for ideas for their own interior. |
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It was cosy, had a fireplace, and commanded a nice view of the Bishop of Galway's back yard, where herons used to nest and foxes would come around foraging. |
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From shooter glasses to cosy plaids and funky school bags, drift away to a universe of psychedelic fashion! |
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The Chapel Bridge with its fantastic gable paintings and the cosy old streets, sometimes quiet sometimes bustling with activity? |
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There will be no more cosy deals or discussions that exclude the public. |
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For a cosy place with or without music you go to the artist centre at Montmartre, or the student area Quartier Latin. |
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But it illustrates yet again the uncomfortably cosy relationship between those in power and those charged with policing them in the nicest possible way. |
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It's no surprise: the group's intimate take on luxury is hard to resist and has nuzzled itself a cosy niche in the city of romance. |
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The cosy relationship between the British state and the theocratic dictatorship of Saudi Arabia is neither new, nor news. |
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Unbeknown to me, this cosy, traditional French bistrot is actually famed for the special ritual that accompanies its crème brulée. |
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There are no restrictions to practice in this market, there is no closed shop and there are no cosy arrangements whereby there are limited panel numbers. |
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This spring why not spend a few days in a cosy gite and come and see for yourselves our National Collection of primula. |
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Head for the Highlands southwest of Fort William and hole up in one of the cosy cottages at Bluebell Croft, where they run a home-smoking course. |
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Located at the gates of Disneyland® Paris, this hotel invites guests to enjoy a cosy peaceful and relaxing atmosphere. |
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Accommodations run the gamut from cosy campsites to rustic inns, business hotels and full-fledged resorts. |
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As long as they are cosy and comfortable and well-fed, Taureans are happy. |
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Meals are served in a cosy dining-room with a large inglenook fireplace. |
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It was a cosy atmosphere inside Coffee Pot, which was decked up with balloons, festoons and buntings, besides a decorated Christmas tree and crib set. |
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The logs blazed in Joe Kearns' large fieldstone fireplace throwing a warm glow around the three people sunk into the big cosy chairs in the living room. |
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Being accompanied by shining snowflakes on long drives, and arriving in a city bathing in a cosy orange gleam, does sound rather appealing. |
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How long before the crackers intrude upon this cosy intimacy? |
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There are no cosy Victorian squares surrounded by gentrified terraces. |
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As the autumn evenings draw in, a cosy fireside armchair beckons! |
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This small restaurant is hidden away in the bowels of the place, and has a cosy, intimate atmosphere more akin to a city-centre restaurant than a golf club. |
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Its 2500 square feet of accommodation is cleverly spread over five levels, with the result that this is a large house which has retained a cosy, intimate atmosphere. |
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The soft lens allows flexibility, moulding the goggles to the face for a comfortable cosy fit while the air system feature enables air to pleasantly circulate around the eyes. |
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Built in the 1920s, it is charming, cosy, and in the perfect neighbourhood. |
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From unrivalled luxury to that cosy family atmosphere: Flanders has it all. |
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The result of the product includes a pleasantly cosy nature with noise-absorbing characteristics. |
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In all cases you will have plenty of light to lend your rooms a cosy atmosphere. |
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The place exudes a cosy, almost religious atmosphere, giving it a very distinctive feeling. |
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In a playful manner the seating units were thus installed that in combination with the plants you still have this cosy feeling. |
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Heating houses with a cosy wood fire is both economic and a sustainable use of resources. |
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Adding cushions is a very easy and fun way to accessorise your home and giving it that cosy and stylish look. |
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A fireplace is actually an essential feature of a great many homes in France, bringing warmth and a cosy ambience. |
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If you're not quite ready for the Overland Track but still keen to see Tassie's dramatic landscapes, the Three Capes Walk is a great compromise thanks to its timber walkways and cosy cabins. |
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I'm flying past cosy cottages with daffodils waving gaily as I zip by. |
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Even with a force six easterly bearing in from the North Sea yesterday, Crail still appeared like the cosy little corner of the East Neuk of Fife it undoubtedly is. |
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This is a stylish cosy bar with delectable drinks and soul-filled sounds. |
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The cosy hotel is built of corrugated metal on concrete stilts. |
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The unpalatable truth, which the cosy triumvirate of mainstream parties refuse to face, is that there is not, and never has been a liberal consensus in this country. |
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Can you blame me for preferring cosy dreamland to horrible reality? |
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You are dog tired, ready to drop from fatigue at any moment, when someone ushers you into a cosy room filled with comfy cushions and relaxing music. |
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A cosy and welcoming place, it's neat as a pin and adorned with art from residents. |
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For many, intimacy is a prime characteristic of chamber music and the Old Laundry provides that cosy and friendly feel for musicians and audience alike. |
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The cosy market square with its statue and many pubs invite you to quench your thirst after a walk through the many shopping streets. |
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And by no means should you miss out on a nourishing meal in a cosy country inn. |
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In the rear it takes only a matter of seconds to create either a cosy group of seats with folding table or a comfortable double bed. |
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It's funny how most of that generation of comedians have transformed into washed-up has-beens or else are producing safe, unchallenging cosy comedy for the 35-55 age group. |
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Set up for a cosy couple, it has a two-person spa, queen-size bed, very efficient sealed wood-burning stove, modern kitchen, lounge and garden courtyard. |
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Longer nights mean the chance to cosy up to some hearty home-cooking, so give the frozen pizza a miss and sit down to Scotch broth and stovies or haggis and clapshot. |
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In life sometimes the simpleness of the countryside gives us a relaxed and cosy feeling by keeping us away from the bustle of life. |
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The cosy fireplace, colour tones and tadelakt with oriental motifs in the bathroom, have been put together with the most refined taste. |
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The stage set consists of a standard lamp, giving proceedings the deceptively cosy feel of a living room. |
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If you love a cosy awning atmosphere this means that you do not have to go without fresh air and a great view of the outside world. |
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The hotel has 131 cosy rooms with bath or shower, phone,TV, minibar,safe, room service, laundry service, money exchange. |
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Noble origins are revealed in this slubbed yarn, dense and soft at the same time, in velvety shades, with a natural gift for keeping you cosy. |
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Originally a wine maker's shelter, this charming and cosy guestroom will surprise you. |
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For the night owl visitor, Abu Dhabi offers a wide range of clubs and bars with relaxed atmospheres, live entertainment and cosy interiors. |
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South Africa was also loth to unfreeze funds controlled by the colonel to bolster the new rulers in Tripoli. The ANC has long been cosy with him. |
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The way the body tapers towards the rear makes for a cosy rear seat, but there's a lot of room in the front. |
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They bring water and make sure that the wood stove is radiating a cosy warmth for the guest's arrival. |
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Do you want to give your garden fence, window shutters, garage door or cosy wickerwork furniture a fresh appearance? |
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Snuggle up under the extra-soft heating blanket for a pleasant, cosy well-being. |
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There's something gnarly in the underbelly of Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeroes, muffled as it is under a cosy layer of commerciality. |
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Certainly, there was no lack of cosy confusion in the library, where books were casually piled on tables, commodes, and footstools and were hardly more orderly on the shelves. |
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Crochet patterns are pretty standard: a granny-stitch tea cosy, puff blanket, shopping bag. |
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Kaler does a routine about lost contact lenses, using a spider as a tea cosy. |
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Barry's hair, a tea cosy woven from carrot peelings, surrounds a knowing smile. |
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A tea cosy extends the brewing time and can make the tea bitter and stewed. |
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Cold and sterile appearing rooms get a cosy look and give the visitor a feeling of security and warmness. |
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Take that cosy, cliched history of black Britain that begins with the Pathe newsreel of Empire Windrush docking at Tilbury. |
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In the cool seasons, you can enjoy a good book in the cosy atmosphere around the central pot belly stove. |
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Lauren Child's spiky, sophisticated artwork offers an edgy alternative to the cosy anthropomorphism with which publishers tend to pad their lists. |
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So to ease my pain I've been videoing chunks of afternoon television to remind myself that the cosy world of midweek inactivity isn't necessarily as rosy as I remember. |
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With its cosy and exotic setting, it is the perfect place to relax and have a drink. |
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The flood tide of migrants along our southern borders is upsetting our cosy calculation that inequality can be sustained without cost. |
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Muffle yourselves in your snug blankets or sit by your cosy fireside. |
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Accessories for professionals: these arm warmers made of cosy WINDSTOPPER® Soft Shell material helps keep out cold, drizzle and wind. |
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Creating a cosy living space in your caravan or caravan holiday home couldn't be easier. |
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No point in counting on your pretty little face, all bundled up keeping cosy in this weather to lighten up your photo? |
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You remain cosy and dry, while the rain thrums on the roof of your beach cabin. |
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The government says the Green Deal will retrofit some 14m homes in a decade and create tens of thousands of jobs. So far, so cosy. |
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It will always be a temptation for all of us to retreat into the warmth of our cosy cocoon, or finding a haven of uninvolved serenity. |
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There is nothing worse than being in a cosy little restaurant, enjoying wonderful food, and then somebody lights up and blows that acrid smoke in your direction. |
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Peace and quiet await those who come to cosy up in front of the fireplace in the welcoming den. |
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Far from being risibly old-fashioned or nostalgic, the idea of knitting a tea cosy has enormous appeal for a whole generation of young women, as well as older ones. |
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To Josefina's delight, Beatrix was wearing a knitted tea cosy on her head, and when she laughed she rolled a little and slapped her knee with her small chubby hands. |
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The only concession to summer is that most people have removed their hats except my grandmother who is wearing a cross between a meringue and a tea cosy. |
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After it was washed it was dried on a tea cosy that sits on a biscuit tin. |
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Each bimonthly issue celebrates the cosy, bygone, hand-wrought and flower-dappled. |
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Bed and breakfasts in the mountains can offer a superb option for couples wanting cosy accommodations with a warm, homey feel. |
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But just when your guard is down, someone will eat a dodgy prawn or get stuck in traffic and your cosy routine flips over into pandemonium. |
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Tea forté's artful maple serving tray is the perfect way to bring tea, a scone, and a note of love to someone curled up in a cosy spot. |
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This tale, for all that, catches well the end of the cosy, subsidised anarchism which was part of West Berlin before the Wall fell. |
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Even the fact that the heroine is an ex-actor and the Washington bigwig she befriends a thwarted thesp gives the whole affair a cosy patina of showbusiness. |
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The last thing the media want is something with any hint of reality, any threatening sound or sentiment that disturbs the cosy world of MTV, sponsors and commercial radio. |
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Its antique furniture and its flowered bedspread give it a warm and cosy atmosphere. |
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The lighting is soft and subtle and with the night lights on the table and the backlit stained glass on the window give the place a cosy intimate feel. |
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But this isn't all about cosy togetherness, it is about an erosion of the expectations of what the state will and should provide. |
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The charcoal fire in the garden fire creates a cosy warmth and heart-warming glow that no one can resist! |
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And as the reality of his return hits home and the question of whether to trust him looms large, the gang's cosy domesticity begins to unravel. |
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For anyone with enough energy finish off the evening with a cosy get together at the barbecue evening at the water treading facility in Briedel. |
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Charming chalet villages, cosy mountain restaurants and a flair for lifestyle are just waiting to be enjoyed. |
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It is a spacious, well laid-out pub, with a cosy beer garden out back. |
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It had a cosy deal with the union, exempting perishable products from strikes. |
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It starts with an innocent hallucination: one evening, Ronny sees the ghost of a child sit down at the table during a cosy candlelit dinner. |
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A lot of people who like it, cannot resist the cosy atmosphere of this interactive way of grilling. |
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Turning a coat into a supple and cosy envelope in a washed carded wool or into a lightweight duster in a worsted wool. |
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Bucking the trend, EXKi has gone for a cosy environment and careful decoration. |
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You can find relaxation in the cosy skiing cabins and on the intertwined winter walking trails through the enchanting winter wonderland. |
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Superbly played by Aubrey Plaza, Ludgate's eyeroll of disdain brings much-needed archness to the cosy world of Pawnee. |
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New: Very nice and cosy long and short sleaves babybodies in a thick organic coton quality. |
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Being in a sect can be oddly cosy, reassuringly and stuffily familiar – to the point where any voices outside it are no longer heard at all. |
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Because it is indispensable, Miliboo offers a selection of cosy and contemporary pouffes. |
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See, Reggie not only slides into the kitchen and makes free with the cat bowls, he's also found that if he slopes upstairs, he can find a cosy cat basket outside my bedroom. |
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A beautiful Belle Epoque hall with nice red cosy arm-chairs would offer a quite reputable acoustic quality for this period. |
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Ms Tolstaya savours the words and images which make up this disfigured, though strangely cosy world. |
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The dog is pictured gambolling between the leaders after their lunch at Camp David in 2001, giving a cosy, friends-over-for-the-weekend feel to a meeting where a war was almost certainly being planned. |
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The truly revolutionary thing about Borders is that, with its cosy armchairs and well-informed staff, it actually encourages shoppers to browse. Singaporeans have responded in a sort of collective bibliomania. |
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The Herzroute follows a cosy trail along the edges of the slopes and promontories and over the plateaux through a far flung and original piece of the Emmental. |
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The end result is a place full of torturously windy and irregular streets that turn Ardales into a cosy village that also encourages a certain vocation towards the hermit lifestyle. |
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Even if you walked those paths for days, no doubt that you would still hunt out new panoramas, some places in a cosy atmosphere and long-forgotten treasures. |
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The latest innovations in window technologies, including liquid crystal switchable glass and thermal insulation, offer the full experience of the world outside or a cosy below-deck intimacy. |
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Hugging her cosy coat to her heatless body she trudged into the looming trees. |
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The 15-month-old, wrapped up in her cosy snowsuit, was hankering after a ride on her dad's tractor. |
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For all its luxury there is something transcendently cosy about this room, which seems to hug viewers as it glows and pulsates with richly textured reds. |
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For a romantic stay by the sea, cosy up at one-bedroom Billet Doux cottage in private, clifftop Ballard Estate in Swanage. |
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Some managed to salvage belongings furniture, kitchenware, a television or stereo from their houses before being evacuated, and their rooms look almost cosy, if overcrowded. |
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Especially when Hibbert, our main character, encounters a mysterious woman who seems to emerge from the snow to lure him away from the cosy safety of the hotel and up into the mountains. |
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After the very spacious exterior, once inside, let the night beguile you in a cosy and warm decor where the sound of the sea will lull you to sleep. |
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Police believed from the start that the 12-year-old boa constrictor, worth about pounds 1,000, had been stolen from its warm and cosy home. |
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Unfortunately for them, Rous was part of a cosy cartel, happy to keep those fledgling footballing nations at arm's length. |
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This series we are showing the flipside of the cosy nights around a bottle of wine or cup of coffee. |
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One plant that will always draw me away from a cosy fire and a good book is the Tibetan Cherry, Prunus serrula. |
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More generally, it can offer a powerful antidote to parochialism, which has, perhaps, cosy charms as a way of life, but is not much help in understanding or evaluating a way of life. |
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The naked horse-trading, in other words, that allowed the writers to cosy up to their subjects, drain them dry and then show a clean pair of heels. |
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You'll find privacy, peace and quiet as well as an olden days atmosphere in that residence which kept its saul with its few spacious, cosy rooms, all looking out on the garden. |
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Wood tones for a cosy atmosphere, translucent glass for a bright effect, or lacquered glass for a modern and fashionable style: let your dreams become reality! |
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Musicians and all kinds of artists provide a cosy and festal atmosphere. |
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For easy-going Saturday fare, you can't beat a cosy oven meal of hearty spareribs, coated with homemade maple-garlic barbecue sauce and baked on a bed of fresh Ontario Cabbage. |
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A slight turning movement is enough to alter the shape of Trix,which makes completely different uses possible:as original pouffe for two people, as comfortable bed, as cosy chaise longue and as easy armchair. |
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Restaurant La Paella is the place most suitable for a nice good dinner and a cosy chat with family, friends or colleagues in a pleasant and typically Spanish relaxed atmosphere. |
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So many of our social expectations are shaped by the media, which tends to feature tightly knit circles of friends having cosy teas and sharing secrets from the bottom of their hearts. |
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The cosy scenes of working-class domesticity are filled with period detail, from the tin bath in front of the coal fire and the outside lavatory in the backyard to the baby's sturdy black perambulator. |
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Buy now 12. Warmest down snowsuit: £34.95, GAP One of the few down-filled suits for babies, this is the ultimate cosy outerwear to keep your little ones snug on the coldest of winter days. |
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Even Vladimir Putin, the modern-day heir to Teddy Roosevelt's unreconstructed action-man tradition, was often photographed looking cosy with his black labrador Koni, until the animal's death last year. |
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Meticulously crafted to the luxury of every detail, the Ladurée household linen line is made up of small embroidered bags, table sets and napkins, a tea cosy, an egg cosy and an apron. |
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Eugenia Kim''s version has two bobbles, it''s a teensy bit Minnie Mouse, but cosy so we can forgive it. |
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He was probably relaxing in some luxurious dwelling beside a cosy open fire, wondering how he could further enrage Isis, while we all stood in the widdling rain. |
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