| There is a kind of clubbiness in the parliament, a sort of collective mindset, a social conservatism. |
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| It cut through the clubbiness, the sense that politics is just about personalities. |
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| The clubbiness of sporting activity is highlighted as a way of gaining friends. |
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| The type of male clubbiness off the promotion ladder becomes more apparent the higher up in an organization one goes. |
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| There's also long been a clubbiness among men in general, from Boy Scouts on up. |
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| I didn't want to add to the pretension and the snobbery, the clubbiness that I loathe in the wine world. |
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| I don't believe clubbiness is a characteristic of the university, although some respondents felt that was an issue in their area. |
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| Yet in this cut-throat world, a strange sort of clubbiness has emerged at the top. |
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| Paramount is the need to create an independent office for ethics enforcement to end the clubbiness that more often than not covers up or excuses abuses. |
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| In the midst of the clubbiness, there is a heimishe quality. |
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| And Taiwan's Evergreen line said it would co-operate more closely with CKYH, an East Asian alliance that includes China's state giant, COSCO. All this clubbiness has consolidated a fragmented industry. |
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| Harry Redknapp suggesting Hodgson was an FA gimp picked for his clubbiness and his malleability, devoid of inspiration. |
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| Critics argue, however, that this clubbiness in the boardroom reflects the operation of the old boys' network, rather than lack of available directors. |
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| Corporations with directors who enjoy the prestige, pay and clubbiness of board membership yet are clueless at providing sound corporate governance. |
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| The trolley, and the male clubbiness of the restaurant, have gone. |
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| Clubbiness and nostalgia have sunk the avant-garde as surely as bad writing and self-indulgence. |
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