| Experience taught them not to underestimate the obstructiveness and capriciousness of governments or the malevolence of opponents. |
| He denied having done so, while admitting to having made a less offensive comment on the police's obstructiveness. |
| To contact the Metropolitan Police is a frustrating experience of long delays, indifference, obstructiveness and even downright hostility. |
| The Senate also demonstrated its usual level of obstructiveness by blocking zero pieces of legislation. |
| But the obstructiveness of Opposition parties is no reason to prevent the bill from being taken through its remaining stages. |
| But Mr Mroczkowski's obstructiveness disguises a more encouraging trend in Poland. |
