Examples of use of OBSTRUCTIVENESS
1. "One of the biggest problems is the Government‘s obstructiveness in disclosing casualty figures.
2. Moderniser MPs who want to tackle the "sleaze" problem and prove their honesty are in despair at his brooding obstructiveness.
3. With a casual obstructiveness typical of modern politics, David Blunkett declines to say if he holds shares in a DNA testing company whose fortunes may be influenced by the decisions of his Department of Work and Pensions.
4. Richard Desmond, whose obstructiveness to fellow shareholders and partners at the West Ferry printing plant frustrated and amused, depending on one‘s perspective, displays a clear, rational view of the business: the Express cannot compete with the Mail; newspaper readers are a dwindling audience; a national title gives him both cash and cachet.