1.   At the moment the annual summit is little more than an expensive talking shop.

2.   The Commonwealth is simply a talking shop.

3.   Otherwise the forum is just a talking shop.

4.   But the same NATO officials say that the more NATO becomes a political talking shop, instead of a military alliance, the better it could be for Moscow.

5.   For decades, the International Labor Organization has been derided as an ineffectual, anticapitalistic talking shop, when it has been noticed at all.

6.   Ministers likely to be on the inside characterized the euro council as a talking shop modeled on the Group of Seven.

7.   Ministers likely to be on the inside have characterized it as a talking shop to discuss economic policy coordination, modeled on the Group of Seven.

8.   The job is a talking shop, period.

9.   The two professionals fell to talking shop, and then came the inevitable question.

10.   For decades the European Parliament has been shunned by voters, ignored by governments and derided as an overfunded talking shop.