| The people with the chequebooks at production studios preferred to play it safe and give the green light to directors to do what they do best. |
| In recent years there has been much talk of a rush on Scottish novels by hungry producers bearing chequebooks, though little has materialised as yet. |
| That is a good exit strategy for all small businesses, although no one is waving chequebooks under our noses just at the moment. |
| In the past, it was mainly chequebooks that people would use for impulse buys but now credit cards have completely taken over. |
| There are no chequebooks and uncashed cheques lying around, waiting to vanish into the black hole where keys, biros and odd socks also mysteriously disappear. |
| It's also an opportunity of a lifetime to be noticed, because all the provincial coaches will be there, with chequebooks flapping in back pockets. |
