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  • But this one was not the British sub-species, Sciurus vulgaris leucourus, distinguished by its pale-coloured tail; it was its duskier but otherwise identical Pyrenean cousin.

    Country diary: Ariège, Pyrenees 2011

  • I agree, Damien, that pale-coloured 1947 Tondonia that I have may only have 15-20 years left in it!

    Wine trends of the Naughties – reflections through the wine glass | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • Rather, the hall was Rococo, high-ceilinged and light, with pale-coloured parquet flooring with a mid-blue runner down the aisle.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Eric Dickens 2009

  • He walked slowly up to the north side of the square and got a sort of pale-coloured pleasure from identifying St

    Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

  • As Syme had done earlier Winston had taken up his spoon and was dabbling in the pale-coloured gravy that dribbled across the table, drawing a long streak of it out into a pattern.

    Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

  • As Syme had done earlier Winston had taken up his spoon and was dabbling in the pale-coloured gravy that dribbled across the table, drawing a long streak of it out into a pattern.

    Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

  • He walked slowly up to the north side of the square and got a sort of pale-coloured pleasure from identifying St

    Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

  • And this is what we saw: a little distance below the surface there lay a pale-coloured, slightly-domed disc.

    The Ghost Pirates 2007

  • It showed to me only as a blurred, pale-coloured oval in the moonlight.

    The Ghost Pirates 2007

  • [6038] Some say redheaded women, pale-coloured, black-eyed, and of a shrill voice, are most subject to jealousy.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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