1. In these buttoned-down times, it would be treated like an al-Qaida training camp.

2. Maybe your casual style doesn't fly in your buttoned-down workplace.

3. This newly buttoned-down approach coincides with a planned shift in the top leadership of the ruling party and government, an intricate process that will last for the next year.

4. Beneath his buttoned-down appearance was a tough mind and a brave heart.

5. Most newcomers aren't yet doing much real business there, preferring more buttoned-down sites like LinkedIn or e-mail for maintaining professionalcontacts.

6. Maybe it is because IBM has such the reputation as a buttoned-down blue suit sort of corporation.