| After five days of sunshine at the beginning of the month, the sixth saw overcast skies and rain as the result of a trough of low pressure. |
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| It was lovely just sitting in the sunshine, watching other people wading about in the water. |
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| The island basks in year-round subtropical sunshine, wafted by gentle Atlantic breezes. |
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| Greenland is a country of stark contrasts, where ice and sunshine, greenery and snow are partners against a backdrop of fjords and mountains. |
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| An ancient walnut tree has brought a ray of sunshine to families in Heysham just weeks after they were left heartbroken. |
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| This year, when a Eurocamp holiday was offered to me, we decided we wanted sunshine pretty well guaranteed. |
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| This is a film of warm sunshine in which townsfolk and tourists can happily stroll, enjoying quaint civic parades. |
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| It grows so abundantly in the Kiwi sunshine that, sadly, it is declared a noxious weed. |
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| I've been making the most of the sunshine by putting another two loads of laundry out to dry on the washing line. |
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| At noon the next day, eyelids heavy from jet lag and cascades of sunshine, we set about exploring. |
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| After basking in hot summer sunshine, the weather broke and torrential rain and flash floods brought chaos across Greater Manchester. |
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| During the winter, its southerly location guarantees warm weather and sunshine when our own more northerly climes turn bleak. |
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| On the left just above the logo is a shop blind that used to protect the meat in the window display from sunshine. |
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| There was a quality about her that made you feel good and her lovely nature radiated from her heart like sunshine. |
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| We rolled out in two green johnboats and were soon in warm sunshine along open, sweeping bends in the river. |
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| After sunshine and wind had baked the surface, several players watched their putts approach the cup but trickle far past the hole. |
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| It was a grand day, too, autumn cold, dry, and with bright sunshine to lift the spirits. |
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| After plans for a day out on Friday were rained off, we went off to Chester Zoo yesterday and even had some sunshine. |
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| A rainbow arched over the far wing in between showers of rain and bursts of sunshine. |
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| The climate is exceptional, with sunshine, balmy temperatures and low rainfall. |
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| There is often an extreme contrast between full sunshine and deep shadow, as can be seen in the photograph of the White Admiral. |
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| It was hot when I woke but not so much that I couldn't enjoy a brief stroll around the garden, admiring the flowers in the sunshine. |
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| How wonderful to sit eating sausage rolls in the sunshine and admiring the garden. |
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| I bought it on Friday, imagining that we'd spend the weekend raking up leaves together in the warm winter sunshine. |
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| The smell, however, lingered on for a while and despite the baking sunshine, at week's end there still was a whiff of unpleasantness in the air. |
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| Anyhow, it's a scorcher of an afternoon, perfect for whiling away a couple of hours in the sunshine. |
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| The bright rays of sunshine streaming through her window were not at all comforting to her. |
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| She stopped when she saw the first ray of sunshine on the ground of the cave. |
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| He raises the crown into the golden rays of summer sunshine streaming through the windows. |
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| Kenny Anthony, with his freshly acquired movie-star public persona, was as a ray of sunshine to the inexplicably depressing atmosphere. |
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| She is a ray of sunshine who brightens our lives, and many others I am sure. |
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| Scottish fiction, for all its manifest and manifold qualities, is not blessed with many rays of sunshine. |
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| Although you may sometimes resent the pressure of being everybody's muse or ray of sunshine, you try not to let it show. |
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| One of these others was a friend of Rick's, a 50-something former dancer who could better be described as a ray of sunshine, George Ramos. |
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| In beautiful sunshine and beautiful surroundings we kedged ourselves off and managed to catch the last lock of the day into the swamp. |
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| The day was blessed with bright sunshine, although a keen wind cut through Windsor's streets. |
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| Agama Lizards are active during the day and enjoy low humidity and sunshine. |
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| Wednesday's deceptively warm sunshine reassures us that we have been right in not worrying about sleeping arrangements. |
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| Yesterday the sun finally came out and in 27C sunshine we all immediately wilted and complained about the too sunny weather. |
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| Our readers seem to like it chilly, but this year Adriatic sunshine has won through, pipping perennial favourites Iceland, Finland and Norway. |
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| Their administrative overhaul and strong recruiting lent an air of excitement to the holiday sunshine. |
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| Growing up in warm summer weather in NYC meant sunshine, humidity and air conditioning. |
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| I replanted the kitchen window box three weeks ago and it came into bloom in the sunshine last weekend. |
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| His eyes told of unspoken words, his radiant smile warmed my heart like a ray of sunshine on cold wintry day. |
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| The garden was perfect for strolling, but rather too formal for reclining, sprawling or lounging in the bright spring sunshine. |
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| It was kinda cold, but the sunshine more than made up for that, it was so beautiful out. |
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| Wistfully through the sunshine, Wistfully through the rain, They watch for his returning Who will never return again. |
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| It was such a familiar woebegone scene, and it served to highlight just how anomalous the sunshine was. |
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| A memorial to men who lost their lives in the Boer War a century ago was rededicated in glorious sunshine in York. |
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| Like all kniphofias, it needs sunshine and is best towards the front of a border. |
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| The boys amble about swapping melodies whilst knocking off a string of sunshine West Coast pop hits with unerring ease. |
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| But for most people, the most popular beach activity remains lying in the sun with a refreshing drink next to them, soaking up the sunshine. |
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| An hour out in the wuthering wind and rain and sunshine would soon unravel any problems I had with writing. |
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| But regardless, these reissues are welcome news for sunshine pop fetishists and casual fans of 60s pop alike. |
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| In the morning when the golden sunshine touches the snow-white peaks, thin smoke begins to rise over the tents by the lakeside. |
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| As well as the marathon there was a relay team race, a fun run and a walk, all taking place in bright sunshine and warm weather. |
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| Viewers can see sheep making use of nature's larder for feeding and medicinal purposes, calves playing tag and hens soaking up the sunshine. |
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| We have ample sunshine in Australia and 10 minutes outdoors is enough to sustain vitamin D levels. |
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| After four glorious days of sunshine, the fifth day of the hike dawned grey with a leaden ceiling blanketing the sea. |
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| The match was played in springtime sunshine at the Dundalk Road venue to a sizeable crowd. |
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| An air of restfulness and calm pervaded the place, intensified by sunshine pouring in through the windows in thick shafts. |
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| Wide windows stared out across the porch into the street, and, in return, brought in liberal amounts of the clear autumn sunshine. |
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| A week of sunshine and showers followed as a ridge of high pressure dominated. |
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| Further, would not the lack of sunshine or the outdoors make one antsy when confined aboard a cramped spacecraft? |
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| The drapes were opened to allow the late afternoon sunshine in and lighten the atmosphere. |
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| I provided little sunshine for the company as we swept indoors and barred all apertures against wind and rain. |
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| But in this sorry apology for a summer, show day on Sunday dawned with glorious sunshine and warm temperatures. |
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| Hermit crabs want to live free in the sunshine, not bottled up in aquariums. |
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| The subtle sweetness and refreshing flavor that linger reminds you of sunshine in liquid form. |
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| We made films about army ants in 1954 but we were only able to film in the full sunshine and very few things behave in that way. |
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| I wandered around until daylight and caught some sleep in the sunshine whenever I could. |
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| I spent half the morning lolling around in bed with the windows open, enjoying the sunshine. |
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| The sunshine passed away, and a breath of cold wind seemed to drift over us. |
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| By day the sunshine and palm trees can make it seem like paradise, a true City of Angels. |
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| It's been a mild winter and, day by day, there's a little more warmth in the sunshine. |
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| Bright sunshine and mild temperatures heralded the first athletics competition of the year on Sunday. |
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| A large crowd was in attendance for the Mass which was celebrated in beautiful evening sunshine. |
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| Shane blinked a few times to get used to the bright rays of sunshine beaming in through the window. |
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| They took my 1996 route to the pub, I beat them with my new one, and we had a nice drink in the sunshine. |
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| Dreams and make-believes are all very well in the daytime and the sunshine, but when dark and storm come they fail to satisfy. |
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| Three capybaras have been born at the popular animal park and the babies are now delighting visitors as they lap up the autumn sunshine. |
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| A home for Kentucky Derby winners should be sunshine, bluegrass and pretty mares waiting to make babies who can fly. |
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| But the alternating of water falling from the sky and hot sunshine has been great for my baby corn. |
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| There was glorious sunshine for the photographs and Nikki looked stunning in her white backless dress. |
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| In small numbers and backed by deep meadow grasses, nettles can be most beautiful plants when they're backlit with low summer evening sunshine. |
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| There are still bags of sunshine every day and if you can get out of the wind there's some real power in it. |
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| The tale begins quietly enough on a long-ago summer's day of stifling heat and scorching sunshine. |
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| McConnell had opted for the Balearic sunshine rather than a New Year in freezing Scotland. |
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| On the return journey a stop was made in Bourton-on-the-Water in brilliant sunshine. |
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| Had a scrummy lunch of tapas before wandering round town in the sunshine. Headed home for a lovely Indonsian dinner. |
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| Scooting around in the sunshine, Ulrich looks like a middle-aged guy searching for his second childhood. |
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| Despite threatening clouds, winter sunshine broke through for much of the service and not a drop of rain fell. |
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| When the skin is exposed to sunshine, it produces a brown pigment called melanin. |
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| Just little tiddlers all of them, rain and dark cloud for about 20 minutes and then sunshine again. |
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| With a melee of artists, dancers, musicians and bands, the crowds gathered to enjoy the sunshine and take part in the festivities. |
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| They were of course, all mellow and happy, stretching and yawning in the sunshine. |
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| Now I need a little cooperation from Mother Nature in the way of sunshine to get the corn and the beans growing. |
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| Here we were looking at the blazing sunshine of the entire weekend, a complete contrast to our present weather. |
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| Wednesday's lovely sunshine greatly added to the enjoyment of the day for the senior citizens. |
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| Only the beautiful spring sunshine, Mexican waves and occasional forays by the home team, kept the crowd amused for the last 20 minutes. |
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| After two days of sunshine, torrential rain started falling in Australia too, washing out part of his holiday. |
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| One book I read described it glittering in the sunshine, but to my disappointment it rained torrentially the next day. |
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| Every car on display was immaculately turned out and gleamed in the midday sunshine. |
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| After a spooky tunnel we were out in the sunshine and on Long Lane, the first of three tracks, and a rather austere mile to start with. |
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| More than 5000 people enjoyed the warm spring sunshine during the festival's most action-packed day. |
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| As she cries at the blackboard, the camera softly frames the sunshine in her red hair, caresses like the palm of a hand. |
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| In blazing sunshine, punters packed the Berkshire racecourse sipping champagne and treating themselves to portions of strawberries and cream. |
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| The poor might have given him the edge this time, but how happy are they going to be when the promised economic sunshine proves to be a mirage? |
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| Apparently is was glorious sunshine over there but still misty and mirky over here. |
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| David was meticulously trimming the mainsail when Howard stumbled out of the aft cabin and went up on deck, blinking in morning sunshine. |
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| There will be good sunshine tomorrow but also a few hail, sleet or snow showers. |
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| Frequently within just a few minutes, sunshine, heavy rain showers and hail storms occurred. |
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| The subtropical climate brings lots of sunshine and brief, intense rain showers. |
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| As I walked from work in the late winter Melbourne sunshine yesterday I smelled the sickly, sweet stench of death. |
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| Dozens of black kites wheel around the spire surveying the dusty gardens for dead meat and the church walls bask in sunshine. |
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| On Saturday and Sunday I managed to sit in the glorious sunshine and turn a delightful pink colour, but that has now gone to a dark olive brown. |
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| It took a while for the food to arrive but we had turned up early and didn't mind sitting in the sunshine. |
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| So we wandered in mellow mood out into the afternoon sunshine for the trip home and a belated siesta. |
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| Everything looked a bit bleached and tired in the hazy sunshine, an effect which is easily remedied by donning sunglasses with a brown tint. |
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| Sometimes sitting on the porch, summer breeze wafting through, lazy sunshine bringing blessed sleep, the scent of perfume finds me. |
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| He started the first running race and cheered the young athletes on in the warm sunshine. |
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| Yesterday we had rain, rain and more rain, a little blink of sunshine and then thick mist! |
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| I took the opportunity of peering at his shed while hanging out the washing in the unaccustomed sunshine. |
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| He was dozing gently in the autumn sunshine when a late blowfly droned past, rousing him for his soporific state. |
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| Water of different depth shows different colours in the sunshine such as yellow, green, blue and transparent. |
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| It was a typical tranquil morning, bright sunshine, blue sea, green trees softening the light. |
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| It was a gorgeous day for sitting in the sunshine in a pub garden with a Pimms enjoying an unchallenging but entertaining read. |
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| The blueness of the glass and the sunshine works really well with the wave. |
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| All of this fresh air and warm sunshine has had me feeling pretty frisky on my skates. |
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| In warm sunshine, Gould turned up in coat, beret, muffler and gloves, carrying his own collapsible piano stool. |
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| A teenager who gave up a summer holiday in the French sunshine to help underprivileged children has been given a national award. |
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| With a sigh of relief, she had watched the steel grey clouds roll away and watery sunshine glimmer through. |
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| The joyful ones also tend to draw more friends, who would rather bathe in the sunshine of happiness than to be cast down into a gloomy depression. |
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| I'd been bewitched by the mystery of a city so unknowable that even full sunshine could not illuminate the shadowy noirness lurking in the spaces between palm trees. |
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| For a moment, Anna's face would be alight with sunshine, and then the next a shadow of leaves would be cast over it, before it opened into sunlight again. |
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| Slowed me down and let me enjoy the wild weather, a big pile of grey storm clouds, a sunny battle of summer rain and sunshine and light shards slicing clouds. |
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| The crew have survived force eight gales and 50 ft-high waves, whirlpools, rip-tides and even a water shortage caused by a lack of sunshine to power solar panels. |
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| If you're tired of tripping over your rug rat, why not get out of the house for a few hours with your little ray of sunshine by visiting Little Tots Playgroup on Chapel Hill? |
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| Perhaps they are planning to toughen up the bill, not in the shadows of committee but in the sunshine of open debate. |
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| After weeks of sunshine, a cyclonic storm had hit the previous night, laying great trees to waste and stirring the seas to the consistency of mulligatawny. |
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| Weeds also compete for nutrients, sunshine and moisture with the crop, hence the remaining plant delayed after thinning becomes leggy, failing to develop bolls. |
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| Conditions were poor with bright sunshine and north easterly winds. |
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| The morning sunshine gave way to a sombre shroud of grey clouds, which threatened rain but failed to dampen the enthusiasm of the boisterous crowd. |
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| Front seats were reserved for the Ladybirds, Girl Guides, Cubs, Beavers and Boy Scouts, all of whom had paraded from the Bandroom in glorious sunshine. |
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| So we celebrated with a little feast of bilberries and then sank on to the comfortable cushions of these shrubs for a celebratory snooze in the sunshine. |
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| I always associate Latin American music with languid days and sunshine. |
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| I will never forget the rays of January sunshine that I squinted into after those seven hours were finally over. |
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| It's sharp, serrated edge gleamed in the late morning sunshine. |
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| Even the summer sunshine and drop in humidity isn't ameliorating things. |
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| The weather was now becoming more appropriate to California, with mostly unbroken sunshine, but even so a ride of more than a few days requires quite a bit of planning ahead. |
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| No one I know has streams of sunshine constantly flooding their kitchen through leaded windows, alighting on creamware jugs filled with marjoram and chervil. |
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| Most of the corrosive acid quickly evaporated from the road that was warmed by early morning sunshine and a fresh breeze helped it to quickly dissipate into the atmosphere. |
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| At the end you want to rush out of the theatre into the sunshine, raise your arms to the heavens and wait for lightning to strike you, just to relieve the ache in your heart. |
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| Her racks hang with pretty jewelled objects in smoky lilac, pink topaz and biscuit, contrasted with intense hues of sunshine, azure, coral and violet. |
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| Home to exquisite beaches, blistering sunshine and the second largest coral reef in the world, Cozumel is also a magnet for serious sun-worshippers and scuba divers. |
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| The parade itself went down a storm with the thousands of excited spectators who lined the route of this years St Patrick's Day Parade in glorious sunshine in Killarney. |
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| The sizzling sunshine made it a bumper day for the publicans and stallholders with horse traders rushing to quench their thirst at regular intervals. |
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| The Costa del Sol has an average 325 days' sunshine a year, a laid-back lifestyle, yet with all the mod cons we have come to expect, and an outdoor life second-to-none. |
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| We sat down in the sunshine on the bench at the foot of the equestrian statue of General Sheridan. |
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| Could it be by exuding sunshine and optimism, and unhesitatingly reaching across the aisle? |
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| Let the sunshine in You're going to be unplugging the phone about ten seconds into this disk, since you'll want to enjoy this completely undistracted. |
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| If you're looking for an appropriate site, you'll want it to have sunshine, flat ground, and clean water nearby, plus protection from wind, avalanches, and rockfall. |
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| In bright sunshine, thousands of churchgoers from parishes across Manchester and Salford mingled with Bank Holiday crowds to enjoy a tradition dating back two centuries. |
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| Warm reds and terracotta, sunshine yellows and striking blues give the property an air of confidence, style and warmth, often lacking in period houses. |
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| In the warm sunshine ancient courtyards beckon, inviting exploration. |
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| It tastes a bit like a Muscadet, but it reminds me of Lebanese sunshine. |
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| His ecstatic, harmony-drenched odes to sunshine, surfboards, girls and cars played like a Californian counterpoint to the opening bars of Beatlemania. |
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| The promise of home ownership, eternal sunshine, and companionship with like-minded people lured them into a desperate trap. |
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| However, don't think Queen Mary 2 is another clone for the lumbering, simpering, overblown jolly boats wallowing and waddling around the world's sunshine destinations. |
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| Gourlay has been looking forward to returning home from Sydney, even if he is loathe to swap the sunshine of a southern hemisphere spring for the cold of a Scottish winter. |
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| Chinese fan history dates back to ancient times when feathers and leaves were utilized to provide shields from sunshine or were woven as tools for cooling. |
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| Bright sunshine was beating down yesterday on the lines of parked Mercedes and Porsches in well-heeled Ilkley but it has been a dark few days for the town. |
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| It could've been the coffee he had at a roadside diner or the way he opened the windshield of the car and the scenery and sunshine just washed over him. |
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| You will feel the warmth of the sunshine, the smell of the salty sea, blending and mixing with the fragrance of flowers and the essence of bananas and ripe fruit. |
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| Along with Californian sunshine, the other vital ingredient at her secret wedding was the latest in a long line of Mr Rights, who may or may not turn out to be Mr Wrong. |
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| Yet a few years later, they're all sunshine and smiles when it comes to taxing the internet. |
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| Los AngelesIt may be the glitz and sunshine, not the higher learning, that's attracting transplants to the city of angels. |
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| Gone was Friday's bright sunshine, replaced by cloud and a keen wind that made hardy souls of those camped out overnight outside Westminster Abbey or along The Mall. |
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| Upon them sat antique pots holding ancient plants nobly maintaining their vainglory and smugness as they grew greedily towards the late summer sunshine. |
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| It could be the beautiful autumn sunshine glistening off mountains of green and red apples which has brought about this unusual state of contemplation. |
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| With more the 300 days of sunshine Rhodes is the pearl of the Aegean. |
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| There are worse things one can do than lie about in alpine thermal springs all day in the sunshine, getting the knots worked out of your spine by expert Japanese masseuses. |
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| But the windows in the blazing sunshine were dressed in dark winter clothes which made the town seem even more out of synch. |
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| Combine sunshine and white sand, long aimless bimbles and brown toes. |
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| As the weather deteriorated from brilliant sunshine at the start of play to miasmal gloom in the second half, so the away side's fortunes began to rally. |
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| Only the west-facing areas of the limestone, marble, and quartz, which get the brunt of the afternoon sunshine, remain dry and nearly bare of vegetation. |
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| What a difference six weeks, 1,400 miles, and a healthy dose of sunshine, beer, and BBQ make. |
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| It is this bounty of water and the unique character of the breezes laden with moisture from the snows and warm sunshine that have given Palampur its tea gardens. |
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| German naturists are often office workers who enjoy healthy sunshine. |
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| Summers are warm and drier, with variable sunshine, rain and clouds, and spring weather is unsettled. |
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| Annual sunshine rates are slightly less than the regional average of 1,600 hours. |
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| With 2353 hours of sunshine per year, Winnipeg is the second sunniest city in Canada. |
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| Thanks to its coastal position, sunshine levels are high relative to the rest of Britain, and severe frost unusual. |
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| Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch all receive a yearly average of more than 2,000 hours of sunshine. |
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| The sky is usually clear above the desert and the sunshine duration is extremely high everywhere in the Sahara. |
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| A narrow eastern part of the state including Orlando and Jacksonville receives between 2,400 and 2,800 hours of sunshine annually. |
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| In contrast, February, the equivalent of August in the northern hemisphere, has the least amount of sunshine. |
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| Winter cloudiness prompts locals to seek for sunshine in Andean valleys located at elevations generally above 500 meters above sea level. |
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| With just 595 hours of bright sunshine per year, Bear Island has the lowest average yearly sunshine in Europe. |
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| These locations are selected for their cold hard winters that kill pests and long sunshine hours in the summer for optimum growth. |
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| It was a bleak, rainsome day, and I imagined how majestic the building must look in the sunshine, if it was already as spectacular as it was. |
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| A consequence of the marine influence is a cloudy and wet climate with low sunshine hours. |
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| Federal sunshine laws are forcing companies to focus their compliance strategies on a more micro level, said Rew. |
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| Known as the sunshine vitamin, nutritionists believe vitamin D is one of the best ways to beat the winter blues. |
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| I've also talked about the importance of getting enough vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, and doing regular bone-stressing exercises. |
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| The curvy beauty lands a big smacker on the former Gladiators hunk as they enjoy a sunshine break on the beach. |
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| It's pedestrian safe, there are places to sit and enjoy the sunshine and events taking place, so come on moaners give credit where it's due. |
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| He's the gregarious, trouble-magnet who's brought some much needed sunshine to the sombre, squabble-filled soapiness of Albert Square. |
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| These high-tech racers are expensive to build, and given the vagaries of sunshine, may never be more than a novelry. |
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| Most daisies revel in the sunshine so gazanias, argyranthemums and annual rudbeckia are perfect right now. |
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| Newport and Jena met again last season in Germany, drawing 2-2 in a friendly, and their relationship continued in the sunshine at Spitty Park. |
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| And while Scots basked in 20 hours of sunshine, the Canaries and the Balearic Islands were hit by thunderstorms. |
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| The first time Tootsie rang it was as though a little window opened admitting into the semi-dark sitting room bright beams of sunshine. |
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| The area receives a great deal of sunshine every month, and summer clothes are worn throughout the year. |
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| Lepidote rhododendrons tend to be smaller plants that do well in more sunshine and are suitable to smaller gardens and rock gardens. |
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| Well having spent eight nights at Eurocamp's Cypsela resort on the Costa Brava let me tell you, sunshine breaks are alive and kicking. |
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| Very soon, you should be seeing the pale yellow of primroses and the sunshine shades of lesser celandines in woods and hedgerows. |
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| Record levels of sunshine means the land of Liebfraumilch now produces Burgundy and Bordeaux-style vintages to rival the best in the world. |
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| This condition, called onycholysis, can be cause by the combination of this type of antibiotic and hot sunshine. |
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| Black cab passengers will be able to let the sunshine into their journey with the Marc Jacobs Daisy fragrance. |
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| He found her walking slowly up and down an allee of elms, through the leaves of which the bright September sunshine sifted down. |
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| Balder, the radiant god of sunshine, reminds us not only of Apollo and Orpheus, but of all the other heroes of sun myths. |
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| Now and then the street bellies out into an ancient lime-stone square filled with fiacres and peddlers, pausing in the loud sunshine. |
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| We blueberried on an open flat beside the river. The ground was covered with great frosted blue globules, sweet and warm in the sunshine. |
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| I pictured to myself some grizzled, apple-cheeked, country schoolmaster fluting in his bit of garden in the clear autumn sunshine. |
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| Will and the Duchess sat in the sunshine and shared an apple Will had nicked from a fruitmonger's stall. |
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| The country's wide geographic variations cause localised differences in sunshine, rainfall and temperature. |
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| The least sunny areas are the mountains, some parts of which average less than 1200 hours of sunshine annually. |
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| From May to July, York experiences the most sunshine, an average of six hours per day. |
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| It experiences the lowest wind speeds and sunshine total in between that of the coast and the moors. |
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| Coastal areas are the windiest parts of the peninsula and they receive the most sunshine. |
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| Both of these factors also cause it to experience the highest levels of snowfall and the lowest levels of sunshine. |
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| In general, December is the month with the least sunshine and June the month with the most sun. |
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| Cloud often forms inland, especially near hills, and reduce the amount of sunshine that reaches the park. |
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| They experience the lowest wind speeds and the total sunshine hours are between those of the coast and the moors. |
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| Both of these factors also result in the highest levels of snowfall and the lowest levels of sunshine. |
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| During the winter months, which are the dullest, less than 20 hours of monthly sunshine have occasionally been recorded. |
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| Its temperature range and sunshine duration is similar to the UK average and it sees substantially less rain than Scotland or Wales. |
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| Cloud often forms inland, especially near hills, and reduces exposure to sunshine. |
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| It has high sunshine levels compared to other parts of the UK with around 1900 hours annually. |
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| Being located on the south coast of England, Portsmouth has a mild oceanic climate, receiving more sunshine than most of the British Isles. |
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| Five glasses a day of what was known as liquid sunshine would 'increase your income by keeping you and your family fit. |
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| He left a bad taste in my mind, let me have another good gulp of this liquid sunshine here with my bird's wing. |
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| I'm in my tent on the shores of the beautiful Pacific, listening to the plentiful supply of liquid sunshine coming down. |
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| A piccolo and a pair of trombones help deliver the effect of storm and sunshine in the Sixth, also known as the Pastoral Symphony. |
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| The extreme southeast gets most sunshine, averaging over 7 hours a day in early summer. |
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| December is the dullest month, with an average daily sunshine ranging from about 1 hour in the north to almost 2 hours in the extreme southeast. |
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| May and June are the sunniest months, with upwards of 200 hours of bright sunshine being recorded on average. |
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| The country's wide geographic variations cause localised differences in amounts of sunshine, rainfall and temperature. |
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| The sunniest months are May and June, with an average of five to seven hours sunshine per day. |
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| Leicester experiences a maritime climate with mild to warm summers and cool winters, rain spread throughout the year, and low sunshine levels. |
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| Annual bright sunshine averages 1082 hours in Shetland and overcast days are common. |
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| Trotternish typically has 200 hours of bright sunshine in May, the sunniest month. |
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| The local climate is notable in that it is one of the few places in Scotland to exceed 1,500 hours of sunshine annually. |
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| The south coast, between Lorient and Pornic, enjoys more than 2,000 hours of sunshine per year. |
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| This is comparable to the South Coast of England, and the highest annual average level of sunshine in Wales. |
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| The activities of the Agency and its advisory committees must take place in the open sunshine of public scrutiny and accountability. |
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| The sunshine hours were recorded at Florida in Bergen, and many hours are lost due to terrain blocking the sun, especially Ulriken mountain. |
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| Being close to the coast, and in Southern England, sunshine compares favourably with most of the United Kingdom, at over 1700 hours a year. |
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| Teignmouth has average daily sunshine totals of over 7 hours in summer and around 2 hours in winter. |
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| Thermal lows form due to localized heating caused by greater sunshine over deserts and other land masses. |
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| At the racecourse, I could tell Red Rum was very well in himself and looked set fair in the sunshine. |
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| The glaring sunshine which at its take-off had shone squarely in its bow-ports, now poured down slantingly from behind. |
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| He pauses, absorbing the sunshine streaming into his garden. |
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| She shivered in the July sunshine, putting out her hand to touch the sunwarmed stones of the house to steady herself. |
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| As she gazed, an unmirthful smile spread over her features, like sunshine that grows melancholy in some desolate spot. |
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| Through the large windows where once the Khedive held high court, the sunshine blazed upon vistaed leagues of Desert. |
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| Becks, 39, was spotted feeding the youngster some acai berry yoghurt as they cooled down in the LA sunshine. |
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| Last yeans event saw hundreds of children and their families enjoy a fantastic dayis football in the bright spring sunshine. |
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| Beautiful couture dresses and sunshine is a winning combination. |
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| Topshop Beauty Glow Stick in Heat, PS10 For an effortless sunshine sparkle, this little highlighter stick will be your magic wand. |
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| But try to get hold of one and experience a bit of sunshine even on the rainiest night. |
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| She is the comedy equivalent of comfort food, or sunshine on a cloudy day. |
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| WikiLeaks takes the sunshine law into its own hands in order to expose the shadowy corners of foreign policy. |
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| Choose a dark slatey grey and a bright sunshine yellow and you'll find you have a strong, modern, young look on your hands. |
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| The average sunshine hours in Seville are approximately 3000 per year. |
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| A AS soon as temperatures and sunshine levels drop this can be tricky, but I suggest carefully laying the plants on to a carpet of straw and then covering them with cloches. |
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| Only the Sussex coast tends to be notably sunnier, although much of the remainder of the south coast receives a similar amount of sunshine as Ramsgate. |
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| He said that RTI is considered as a sunshine law world over. |
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| Sweden receives between 1,100 and 1,900 hours of sunshine annually. |
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| The morose Ed Wilshot poured himself another drink and mumbled something about taking three weeks off the chain and heading south for some sunshine. |
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| The relaxed atmosphere was helped by the late September sunshine as people milled around, dipping in and out of shops or watching the pavement art unfold. |
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| Hussey wrote that the weather in August 1917 was exceptionally bad and Haig had been justified in expecting little rain, which would be dried by sunshine and breezes. |
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| In high summer traditional spinach won't grow because it's too hot, although New Zealand spinach, a bushy, leafy veg, will thrive in poor soil and lots of sunshine. |
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| The leaves are often dark green in colour, which may help absorb a maximum of energy from weak sunshine at high latitudes or under forest canopy shade. |
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| Tiree, along with Colonsay, enjoys a relatively high number of total hours of sunshine during the late spring and early summer compared to the average for the United Kingdom. |
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| A study published during the early 1960s indicated that sunshine recording instruments remained significantly obscured throughout the year and entirely obscured during June. |
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| Annual bright sunshine averages 1110 hours, and overcast days are common. |
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| Untouched by the decaying middens in which they live, they emerge into the sunshine immaculate and serene. The Burmese must be the best-dressed people in the world. |
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| Most colchicums produce large showy flowers before the leaves emerge, the flowers at their best in autumn sunshine, opening as large, graceful goblets. |
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| So it was out and away to the road, place the call, punch a bunch of buttons in the liquid sunshine, while adjusting an umbrella to improve reception. |
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| The convective cloud forms more frequently inland, especially on higher ground such as Dartmoor, Exmoor and Bodmin Moor, thus reducing the amount of sunshine. |
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| An unknown cast, including Diane Keaton, hymned the Age of Aquarius, stripped off at the end of the first act and let the sunshine in at the end of the second. |
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| However, don't think Queen Mary 2 is another clone of the lumbering, simpering, overblown jolly boats wallowing and waddling around the world's sunshine destinations. |
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| The castle did not disappoint the next morning either, sitting serenely under blue skies and baking sunshine, which glinted on the smooth waters of the River Vltava. |
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| It meant that pallid houselings sat in the sunshine and got well. |
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| A shady promenade went the length of the street and the entrance to the hotel was a few steps back in the darkness, away from the glaring sunshine. |
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| Already on the walk from the station the May sunshine had made him feel dirty and etiolated, a creature of indoors, with the sooty dust of London in the pores of his skin. |
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| In sunshine as vivid as revelation, Linden Avery knelt on the stone of a low-walled coign like a balcony high in the outward face of Revelstone's watchtower. |
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| The silence brought John Jay to his senses. He crawled along the aisle and out of the door, blinkling like an owl as he came into the blinding sunshine. |
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