I had to admit to myself that this beautiful woman was very desirable, and her insistence on this businesslike relationship made the situation even more challenging.

Jerry Springer recalled that he and Turner had a friendly, businesslike relationship though their politics differed.

Gunn portrays the relationship as warm, but businesslike:

Whatever her reasons, whatever her motives, she'd certainly allowed the businesslike relationship between us to be changed into something considerably more intimate.

At the initial contact, a businesslike relationship should be maintained.

There have been no suggestions from either side that the Mayor and the Commissioner have anything less than a cordial, businesslike relationship.

The businesslike relationship can be carried too far, however.

He tried to maintain a friendly, businesslike relationship with her, keeping his love for her out of sight, until the right moment came to propose again.

The visit underscored the new, more businesslike relationship between the two nations.

Vince Cable has already started talking about a "businesslike" relationship.