The polite suggestions were no more: the matter had been handed up the computer ladder.

He included the polite suggestion that the convoy could be a week early, in which case it could arrive any moment, or a week late.

These were at first resisted by municipal authorities, but resistance only served to change polite suggestions into strident demands.

I made some polite suggestions and left.

His tone implied this would be the last polite suggestion.

This isn't a polite suggestion, and in a house with two school-age kids and one baby it can be quite the job.

When I was a boy of 40, I'd make polite suggestions to business people.

Today we are not offering the Council a polite suggestion; instead, we are calling for clear, strict and responsible rules.

Put like that it was apparent that he wasn't just making a polite suggestion.

She was usually decisive and implemented his polite "suggestions" as the orders they would normally be considered.