Well then, suggested the officious official, Vos would simply have to take along some paying passengers.

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Sports grounds also offer a vantage point from which to view the country's surprisingly officious and authoritarian streak.

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It swarmed with lounging waiters, officious policemen, dog-walkers pulled to right and left of the path, old ladies knitting.

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It was an interesting choice of words, since many people say they don't feel comfortable dealing with an officious sommelier.

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This crowd could be as officious and opaque as it was ineffective at preventing the 2001 hijackings horror and other entries by evildoers.

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The first half was a disjointed affair, characterised by Stoke defending in numbers, West Ham piling forward to little clear purpose and over-officious refereeing.

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It's set in Wiltshire, but the officious council bureaucracy, the under-age drinking and drug culture, the emasculated local festivals, corporate pubs and the smashed-up families can be found pretty much everywhere.

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In particular, he moves slowly and, on the crucial division, had arrived later into the lobby, immediately before the division bell and had been duly ushered into the "wrong" lobby by an officious government whip.

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