Sentence examples for businesslike character from inspiring English sources
Suzie, the flipside to Penny's businesslike character, told stories about various items sold in the shop, Pocket and Sweet, and displayed culinary skills in the kitchen.
Mr. Putin, who is scheduled to host Mr. Obama in St .Petersburg and Moscow in September, said he hoped the Snowden case would "not affect in any way the businesslike character of our relations with the United States".
In all three novels Goncharov contrasts an easygoing dreamer with an opposing character who typifies businesslike efficiency; the contrast illumines social conditions in Russia at a time when rising capitalism and industrialization uneasily coexisted with the aristocratic traditions of old Russia.
The tour itself has become more businesslike, making efforts to rid lounges of shady characters and hangers-on.
Daniel, too, has been to the barber and is now looking less likeable and more businesslike, in keeping with the transformation being asked of his character.
'There was no room for emotion in this', as one character puts it, and Barker shows a remarkable empathy for the clipped, businesslike tones of her upper- and middle-class officers, whose studied neutrality is mirrored in the dispassionate narrative voice.
Her air was businesslike.
I keep them businesslike".
