(1) Malcolm is a shrewd and realistic businessman.

(2) He was well-informed and shrewd, with good, calm judgment.

(3) She is a shrewd judge of character.

(4) She is a shrewd politician who wants to avoid offending the electorate unnecessarily.

(5) He's too shrewd to be trusted in business matters.

(6) She was shrewd enough to guess who was responsible.

(7) He was shrewd in his personal assessments.

(8) Capra looked at her with shrewd eyes.

(9) His answer to the journalist is a shrewd one.

(10) Her novels were a vehicle for shrewd social comment.

(11) He whanged his son a shrewd one yesterday.

(12) She's a good/shrewd businesswoman who's popular with her staff.

(13) He is a shrewd businessman.

(14) He enjoyed the play's shrewd and pungent social analysis.

(15) He's a shrewd businessman and hard as nails.

(16) Bridget has a shrewd idea of what will sell.

(17) He was a shrewd analyst of players' strengths and weaknesses.

(18) The President has played a shrewd diplomatic game because from the outset he called for direct talks with the United States.

(19) Though still in his teens, Tom is shrewd at a bargain.

(20) I have a shrewd idea who the mystery caller was.

(21) He's an artist, a scientist and a shrewd businessman rolled into one.

(22) He's a smooth/slick/shrewd/clever operator.

(23) It was a shrewd move to buy your house just before property prices started to rise.

(24) He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trails of fraud.

(25) The team's manager made a shrewd tactical switch in defence.

(26) They had once been shrewd traders of horseflesh.

(27) Her friendliness hides a shrewd intellect.

(28) Kyle is a shrewd, aggressive manager.

(29) As a manager, Watson is both shrewd and tough.

(30) Despite his kindly, sometimes whimsical air, he was a shrewd observer of people.

(1) Malcolm is a shrewd and realistic businessman.

(2) He was well-informed and shrewd, with good, calm judgment.

(3) She is a shrewd judge of character.

(4) She is a shrewd politician who wants to avoid offending the electorate unnecessarily.

(5) He's too shrewd to be trusted in business matters.

(6) He was shrewd in his personal assessments.

(7) His answer to the journalist is a shrewd one.

(8) He is a shrewd businessman.

(9) Though still in his teens, Tom is shrewd at a bargain.

(31) His passions were antique furniture and shrewd bargaining.

(32) A shrewd aid programme does us a favour.

(33) Richard is a fast learner and shrewd observer.

(34) Pre-match preparation and shrewd organisation have created consistency.

(35) There was a good living to be had for a shrewd man in an institution.

(36) Like any shrewd businessmen, the Fuggers knew how to put their cash to political uses.

(37) Are you a shrewd businessman, quick to see the profits of this world?

(38) The haulier will seek to exclude his contractual liability for certain acts or omissions, just like any other shrewd businessman.

(39) I bet you've got a shrewd guess what's in it.

(40) The principal, William Johnstone, though he played the eccentric was in fact very shrewd.

(41) It is a private university, heavily dependent on a vast endowment created by private donations and increased by shrewd investment.

(42) Lucid, intelligent, and shrewd, this is a most useful contribution to a fascinating but little-studied period of history.

(43) Charlie Harris was a shrewd street-seller whose appearance and demeanour tugged at the heartstrings of the compassionate.

(44) It was impossible to tell whether this youth was very shrewd or rather simple.

(45) Any shrewd business owner, after all, wants to get customers in and out as quickly and efficiently as possible.

(46) I think Moira's a very shrewd operator when she's looking at paintings, and I find it very useful indeed.

(47) But you can forget about those successful and shrewd decisions being remembered if people other than the Rangers sip from the Cup.

(48) And, of course, if he was shrewd enough,(http:///shrewd.html) the emir Tzani-bey would want to bargain with him.

(49) Shrewd movie bosses are laughing all the way to the bank - they have already planned Home Alone 3.

(50) Shrewd, methodical, and determined, Banks combined business acumen with political trimming.

(51) Sachs was a shrewd judge of character, and chose his staff well.

(52) He had settled in Ireland many years ago and through his shrewd business ability and financial acumen he had become very wealthy.

(53) His appearance only enhanced his reputation, a leonine head, steel-grey hair, sharp, shrewd eyes.

(54) That is not to say that some people are not naturally more perceptive, sympathetic and shrewd than others.

(55) Are you a shrewd businessman, quick to see an opportunity or a bargain?

(56) Dark-haired, he had shrewd beady eyes, was clean-shaven and showed the beginnings of a jowl.

(57) Mr D'Arcy had been very, very rich and very shrewd.

(58) And shrewd businesswoman that she has quickly become, she is milking the phenomenon for all it is worth.

(59) Some shrewd Iowa pols also see an outside chance for former Gov.

(60) Callaghan proved to be an imperturbable and shrewd pilot for these storms.

(61) Stories about her childhood suggest that she was shrewd, self-reliant, and unorthodox.

(62) The study is shrewd enough not to get bogged down in body counts, as past examinations have.

(63) But you've got a few months left, enough time for a very shrewd operator to move in.

(64) Silent, humourless and reserved, Haig was also shrewd and ambitious and had unbounded self-esteem.

(65) He is funny and shrewd and creaky-and he lives in retirement just outside San Francisco.

(66) The wife may have a shrewd idea, but may offer comfort without choosing to seek out the source of the pain.

(67) Marshall saw economics as a profession that should blend shrewd science with a devotion to people.

(68) This was a shrewd move, which brought Edwin in on their side, and the demand was conceded.

(69) We assumed that so long as we moved along shrewd and cautious and quiet we would be safe.

(70) They wanted to be practical, shrewd, assertive, dominating, competitive, critical, and self-controlled.

(71) Thanks to some shrewd investments, they've got plenty of money left.

(72) He was shrewd enough to know that to be too greedy with Jared Tunstall might lose him everything.

(73) In 1955 Kramer decided to direct his own productions, keeping a shrewd eye on both the box-office and the Oscar donors.

(74) Being such a shrewd organizer he would probably have been delighted at the speed.

(75) In this climate, shrewd and sensitive individuals with an instinct for self-preservation looked around for a partner and pair-bonded.

(76) She's a shrewd, resourceful woman and will certainly be able to cope.

(77) Though his early death traumatised Pierre, his shrewd business deals secured the family a $ 1m fortune.

(78) Even if Stratford did not have the character for martyrdom, it is certain that Edward was too shrewd to promote it.

(79) One of the best lost fortune stories came from Ballard Mason, grandson of Shep, the shrewd Yankee trader.

(80) New Yorkers are being whipped into a frenzy for mo' Malcolm merchandise by shrewd businessman and film mogul Spike Lee.

(81) He was sly, shrewd, meddling, as well as fresh, charming and vigorous.

(82) When Heseltine launched his campaign on the following day he made a shrewd tactical switch.

(83) Whether the intention was personal aggrandizement on the part of the family or a shrewd step towards industrial expansion is not known.

(84) A promo video stressing the artist's style is a shrewd marketing ploy which exploits the music industry's visual obsession.

(85) Puds with flair include almond blancmange and bread-and-butter pudding; the long, shrewd wine list starts at ￡6.90.

(86) Happy the students who were inspired to independent judgements by this shrewd praise of a master of his particular genre.

(87) He had small shrewd hazel eyes that as a rule missed nothing.

(88) This mental dimorphism was remarked upon countless times throughout RajasthanRabari women were clever, shrewd, outspoken and wise.

(89) He made a large personal fortune, partly from fees, partly from shrewd investments.

(90) But this was just a shrewd touch that came off.

(91) That was a very shrewd thing to say in 1940 but it did not happen for nearly five years.

(92) A poignant or shrewd quotation may consolidate or embellish your final remarks.

(93) The therapist should always err on the side of caution; the hypotheses set up are merely shrewd guesses.

(94) A shrewd and learned editor, a patient mentor, and a courteous friend, his Boswell is a lasting memorial.

(95) A defendant can combat an obstinate refusal even to consider compromise by a shrewd payment into court, or a Calderbank offer.

(96) She's a shrewd businesswoman.

(97) But Iris, so shrewd in some ways, was hopelessly unworldly in others.

(98) Was he, perhaps, an actor, a ghost, a shrewd fiction?

(99) Making objectives explicit is a hostage to fortune and the failure to do so may reflect a shrewd awareness. 2.

(100) Indeed, he was shrewd and tough, two weapons needed to survive in the jungle that is boxing.

(101) The shrewdest of the shrewd race of Connecticut Yankee peddlers, he understood the people in their multiple desires.

(102) His overtures were not immediately successful, but a shrewd buy was Oldham's reserve goalkeeper Frank Moss.

(103) Like every shrewd politician, Michael Heseltine has placed a two-way bet.

(104) Shrewd in business, he had a ready wit and a distinctive appearance, with a full beard and piercing eyes.

(105) Salomon Brothers was full of shrewd, knowing people, I said, and we would draw from their reservoir of ideas.

(106) In reality Goldie is a shrewd operator who is proud to have made it to the top on her own merits.

(107) Shrewd in the transfer market and refreshingly frank in his public pronouncements(), Lennie has been the signing of the season.

(108) Elsewhere, Roy and Barry opened Blubber Cars minicabs-a shrewd move in a square which no one ever leaves.

(109) I have a reputation for shrewd management decisions.

(110) Oh, you are a shrewd wiggler.

(111) He was a shrewd, sagacious old man.

(112) His eyes were shrewd and bawdy.

(113) Mrs. Saddletree was an observing, shrewd, notable woman.

(114) He was just shrewd and calculating and heartless.

(115) A shrewd reply that tells us exactly nothing.

(116) A shrewd diplomat must be a master of finesse.

(117) It should prove a shrewd investment.

(118) She is shrewd in a sort.

(119) Shrewd bargainers, Toydarians liked to socialize and strike deals.

(120) He isn't shrewd enough to organize a thing of that kind.

(121) Instantly the portly lady's face became exceedingly sober and shrewd.

(122) Where Hong Kong once showed the world that performing a flying kick the length a large room wit can be. now it can proselytise the virtues of a shrewd recovery plan.

(123) John Cheever, with a sociologist's shrewd and exquisite eyes, observes American society, especially the mid die class in New York and their ways of life.

(124) With shrewd tact and womanly kindness Nadyezhda had won his complete trust.

(125) But Mr Kim , for all his megalomania and paranoia (), is a shrewd tactician.

(126) Banjo is no great reasoner where affection enters , but shrewd enough without it.

(127) Affable, friendly, exceedingly shrewd , and speaking French capably, he was admirably suited for his task.

(128) She was no great reasoner where affection entered in, but shrewd enough without it.

(129) Successful use of the variation method depends on our ability to make shrewd choice of the trial function.

(130) Mr Smith is a shrewd man, he is not to be caught with chaff.

(131) Agatha Christie's fictional sleuth is often dismissed as scatterbrained, but she is actually a shrewd judge of character and harbors deep knowledge of the dark side of human nature.

(132) Louis surveyed me with his shrewd gray eyes and shook his head portentously.

(133) Flattery cuts no ice with Alison , she's far too shrewd.

(134) The shrewd shipper's remark shed light on why he shrank and shift duties onto others.

(135) The Honourable Harold was nobody's fool and had a reputation as a shrewd, successful businessman.

(136) And the count turned to the cook, who with a shrewd and respectful face looked observantly and sympathetically from father to son.

(137) Keycase was shrewd enough not to step too far outside his own specialty.

(138) Mr Adams is a shrewd man,(http:///shrewd.html) he is not to be caught with chaff.

(139) The mathematician , Yurchenko , was a stubby , phlegmatic , shrewd person.

(140) In truth it is a shrewd, if shameless, ploy by a power couple who know that the value of their brand is tanking.

(141) Capuchin monkeys are famously shrewd and resourceful primates, the New World equivalent of chimpanzees.

(142) Drouet was not shrewd enough to see that this was not tactful.

(143) She answered pomposity with irony and dominated conversations by her personality and shrewd psychology.

(144) So that's why I call myself lost cat, not the shrewd DingDong Cat.

(145) A: My boss is such a shrewd businesswoman that everyone admires her.

(146) My mother had consequently made her own shrewd deductions about what was going on in my marriage.

(147) The shrewd and tenacious goblins are the Horde's newest playable race with the Cataclysm expansion.

(148) Mr. Whitelaw is rather shrewd, but his shrewdness is more about people than about issues.

(149) But analysts said that for Microsoft, which this year had considered waging a proxy fight for control of Yahoo, backing Mr. Icahn also represents a shrewd strategy with little downside risk.

(150) His skill in negotiating earned him a reputation as a shrewd tactician.

(151) The shrewd scheme was about to work like a charm when unfortunately the authorities wouldn't allow him to fly his planes over the planned route.

(152) From the...testimony emerges a man by turns devious and honest, vulgar and gallant, scatterbrained and shrewd" ( Life )"

(153) Socrates'conversations as reported by Plato were full of a shrewd humor./shrewd.html

(154) Where are you, Little Crabby , you shrewd little thing?

(155) Her eyes were brown, sensitive and shrewd , erotic and calculating.

(156) The anti - Roosevelt managers maneuvered desperately, but Farley played a shrewd game.

(157) False coin is pass most easily upon the shrewd banker.

(158) "No shrewd user" of a biological weapon "is going to give you that opportunity," he warned.

(159) However, he realized the air of empty - headed heartiness might also mask a shrewd mind.

(160) Those women who were so uninterestingly preoccupied with marriage in their early 20s now seem somewhat smarter in retrospect. Or at least more shrewd.