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Say AmEx's profit returns to 75% of its 2007 level, or around $2.60 a share, then AmEx would be on a tempting-looking multiple of nine times.
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A tempting-looking girl-prince, she whispered to the impalpable frontier 'that's where we belong.'
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Lady Lisa Robertson Lemon Hound 2008
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A tempting-looking girl-prince, she whispered to the impalpable frontier 'that's where we belong.'
Archive 2008-08-01 Lemon Hound 2008
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They were perhaps six feet long, with shaped handles, very tempting-looking weapons.
First Men in the Moon Herbert George 2006
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A tin lamp standing on another stool, as though timid and distrustful of its powers, shed a dim and flickering light on her broad shoulders, on the handsome, tempting-looking contours of her person, and on her thick plait, which reached to the floor.
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Then, en route to the cinema, we passed a street vendor selling some tempting-looking candy, and we again took the high road...
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Then, en route to the cinema, we passed a street vendor selling some tempting-looking candy, and we again took the high road...
La Coquette: 2004
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‘Every day I gazed on the lovely fruit, which became gradually more and more tempting-looking, and it was all I could do not to break the magician’s commands.
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With that he looked at his watch; then, saying that it was nearly twelve, he took from a side pocket of his jacket a tin case, packed with tempting-looking sandwiches.
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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The house was not particularly tempting-looking, but, at all events, it was far better than no place to sleep in.
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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