The phrase "a reason for confidence" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing factors or evidence that support a positive outlook or belief in a successful outcome.
Example: "The recent improvements in our sales figures provide a reason for confidence in our business strategy moving forward."
Alternatives: "grounds for optimism" or "basis for assurance".
With less than a week until Iowa begins the nation's voting, the polls show he has a reason for confidence.
That this index may be about to set a record means only that we haven't made any real money in the stock market in 13 years, which hardly seems a reason for confidence.
Mr. Bloomberg and his advisers look to the electoral success of Mr. Giuliani -- a Republican in an overwhelmingly Democratic city, a man who had never held elective office -- as a reason for confidence in what might otherwise seem a slightly far-fetched candidacy.
The psychosocial influence of peers' smoking behaviours was implied as a reason for low confidence in one participant's account: 'I am not very confident [that I can quit], because I'm always around people that are smoking' (10; female, 36) Generally, the influence of homeless peers on smoking behaviour appeared evident, with exceptionally high levels of smoking acknowledged by all participants.
Patients are asked to guess which treatment they actually received at 2 weeks, 5 weeks, and 3 months after the initially randomized injection ("ESI", "local anesthetic", or "don't know") and to provide a reason for and confidence in treatment guesses other than "don't know".
There is a reason for the self-confidence of CNBC's anchors and its Mad Money star: They are desperately hiding a secret.
Dan McDonald and Stewart Greenleaf, two veteran Republican state legislators, share a special reason for confidence in their efforts to oust Democratic incumbents from the United States House of Representatives this fall.
But even if Spain (and later Italy) are forced to enter a rescue plan, there is now a clear sense of what that would imply, and that certainty gives optimists a second reason for confidence.
But Berkman has a point: rarely has a team that lost a megastar had such reason for confidence.
If this is a trend, Labour has reason for confidence, but it may just be sampling variation around a constant figure of 31.
It was as if a scruffy Democratic tie-dyed T-shirt went up against a dark blue Republican empty suit, with little reason for confidence that the outcome would be satisfactory.
