| 1 | My old aunts are very strait-laced. | |
| 2 | At board meetings you have to get used to the formality of the language. | |
| 3 | Rather, it was a staid state-owned firm until it was privatised in 1997. | |
| 4 | The birdbath that was to be her resting place was highlighted with a circular flagstone path. | |
| 5 | For the royal weddings of the past, the celebratory crockery and linen in shops was starchy and deferential. |