She was intrigued by him, but annoyed by his conventional taste.
They labelled his conventional Keynesian response to a deep recession "socialist".
But his conventional drawing-rooms could be booby-trapped for farce and fantasists.
George Bernard Shaw lambasted the composer's "kid-glove gentility, his conventional sentimentality, and his despicable oratorio mongering".
Mark Hughes's preference for false No9s this season has left his conventional one frustrated and contemplating a future elsewhere.
And piano recitals by the young Beethoven became as popular for his breathtaking, free improvisations as his conventional compositions.
And he could have settled for a continuation of his conventional business, selling pallets of cards and memorabilia to retailers.
She's conducting a one-woman campaign to steal her well-heeled boss (Chester Morris) away from his conventional wife.
He has temporarily abandoned his conventional look and has started dressing in a leather jacket and conspicuous shirts.
He was well able to ignore its suppressed code of honour and adjust to a less glorious role when his conventional grand project met with defeat.
(His conventional, modern touches are eye-rolling endeavors: dancers standing with their feet parallel instead of being turned out or balancing on their heels).
