1. She answered in a businesslike manner .

2. Mr. Penn sounds quite businesslike.

3. I'd rather keep the relationship strictly businesslike.

4. This activity was carried on in a businesslike manner.

5. Do it in a businesslike manner.

6. She adopted a brisk businesslike tone.

7. Negotiations were conducted in a businesslike manner.

8. Her tone was crisp and businesslike.

9. Wearing a suit made him feel more businesslike.

10. His tone became brisk and businesslike.

11. The meeting was brief and businesslike.

12. She went about her preparations in a quiet businesslike way.

13. Roemer represented the best hope for a businesslike climate in Louisiana.

14. The businesslike appearance carries through the office.

15. The Wedding Present are very businesslike.

16. But you can be very businesslike,() downright cold.

17. The Republicans were a much more businesslike group.

18. I suppose that made it sound more businesslike.

19. She impressed everyone with her businesslike manner.

20. Polly was curt and businesslike with her clients.

21. It was so much more businesslike to spread out needlework or write letters sitting at a table.

22. Renwick saw the businesslike nose of a revolver just showing from under the coat's folds. Hop in.

23. Eden began his premiership in a businesslike fashion even though he had decided on an instant election.

24. He kept the tone of the letter formal and businesslike.

25. The Chief summoned me downstairs. He was brisk and businesslike.

26. We got all the relevant information, but it was delivered in a businesslike manner.

27. He was in a cheerful mood, in spite of his severe look, his scraped-back hair, conservative clothes and businesslike glasses.

28. It was strange how fascinating he was becoming to her, against her own wish that their relationship should remain strictly businesslike.

29. His tone toward Wyatt could be chummy one moment, businesslike the next, and sometimes, disconcertingly, both at once.

30. Gedge will not slump in such dramatic fashion because of his businesslike constitution.

1. She answered in a businesslike manner .

2. He kept the tone of the letter formal and businesslike.

3. Mr. Penn sounds quite businesslike.

31. But Tuesday night she appeared soft, relaxed and regal, even in a businesslike black pants suit.

32. The postwar years saw recurrent crises, and resolutions to be more businesslike and to cut losses.

33. As a lawyer, you have to be controlled and businesslike at all times.

34. Gates gave a brief, businesslike explanation of his plans for the company.

35. When dealing with his staff, Mr Allen somehow managed to strike the right balance between being sympathetic and businesslike.

36. There are times when you have to make your plays in a businesslike manner.

37. It was just another Tuesday at the office as the businesslike Braves discussed their undoing.

38. The telephone, therefore, saves time and gives you the opportunity to be more businesslike, if that is appropriate.

39. I followed him into the funeral parlour, where we were greeted by a businesslike undertaker.

40. Johnson is perhaps the most businesslike member of the U. S. Olympic team, with good reason.

41. Every session is different - some sessions race by, others drag, some are quite businesslike, others get very emotional.

42. If any employee is sinking on the job, you need to respond in a businesslike way.

43. A better approach is to continue to be friendly and businesslike, while totally ignoring their petty comments.

44. The representatives were serious businesslike diplomats who disliked small talk.

45. June Huntington's allegation that these practitioners are businesslike rather than professional questions the selection procedure of the committee.

46. The Yamaha bass looks very good, too, and feels very businesslike.

47. Ted was friendly but businesslike and very much in charge.

48. He made his tone official and businesslike.

49. Well, since you're so businesslike, I'll be businesslike too.

50. Mary was slim, gamine, businesslike.

51. He was uncharacteristically crisp and businesslike.

52. She was businesslike and brusque, with no small talk.

53. Eleanor was brusque and firm and businesslike.

54. She tried to maintain a businesslike look.

55. A wide brown leather belt and low heels in the same hue make this white dress seem less beachy and more businesslike.

56. Selden was struck by the businesslike change in his manner.

57. But is their increasingly fervent devotion enough to thwart the spread of a sparer and more businesslike style of punctuation, from which apostrophes will be omitted?

58. The first shock was that the squarish , businesslike clothing concealed the body of a much younger, fitter man.

59. A trim, crew - cut, businesslike man appeared and was introduced as Bob Haldeman.

60. Looking businesslike is the first step to acting businesslike, and people will take you more seriously if you are well-groomed.

61. While Onassis might clap a friend on the back, Niarchos would extend a businesslike hand.

62. " I want to work on a businesslike level, " Dr. Sami says. " Do you have proposals? "

63. Wally's wife looked pale and tired, but some of her normal businesslike manner still came through.

64. Now, peering through the periscope he remarked in businesslike tones.

65. The voice was tart, high, businesslike, the tone flat, midwestern, abrasive.

66. Aster ran off the attack in a curt businesslike way.