I actually assured them that what mattered to me was not the number of years I spend in parliament but what I do when in parliament.
Though Tuesday's game between Syracuse and Villanova was being dubbed the "Battle for the Bid," the realistic question looming now that Villanova won 82-63 if if the Wildcats are actually assured a spot in the N.C.A.A. tournament.
He relates endearing stories of ancient Chinese sages whose seeming bumbling and lack of purposefulness actually assured that though they did nothing, nothing was left undone.
In part because Truman, transfixed by the power of the atomic bomb, engaged in nuclear saber-rattling with the Soviets and moved swiftly to direct confrontation with the Soviets, the rise of the Communists in China was, ironically, actually assured.
We looked really assured.
She is wearing tomboy clothes and carrying a backpack - she looks as though she might have just shinned down from a treehouse but actually, she assures me, she cycled over from her flat in Borough (Southwark).
In Section 1, we describe briefly what some societies actually do to assure universal access to health care.
The US government actually intervened to assure that Twitter was available to the protestors in Tehran and around the country.
Since nations do not actually control that space, they must work cooperatively to assure its protection, and there has been little progress to date.
