The phrase "assured first" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a sense of priority or guarantee, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "I want to be assured first before making any decisions."
Alternatives: "guaranteed first" or "confirmed first".
Everything about William Monahan's assured first novel, LIGHT HOUSE: A Trifle (Riverhead, $21.95), is tremendously knowing.
None of that will trouble Gloucester, for whom England Under-21 fly-half Ryan Lamb made an assured first start.
Though "Carter Beats the Devil" seems uncertain of its focus at times, it is an enormously assured first novel.
Tottenham enjoyed the plus point of an assured first start from the 19-year-old midfielder, Dele Alli.
He had the requisite combination of accuracy and audacity, with a 35 metre drop goal the highlight of an assured first half performance.
As several early readers have noted, this is a very assured first novel, and it's packed with cleverly sarcastic wit, between drives on the parkway and the turnpike.
He did his own diagnosis and discovered that his genetic makeup assured "first-quality journalism".
As departure time neared for a bus to Pennsylvania, fund assistants assured first-timers that they and their bags would be on the same bus.
Initially a loanee when he first moved to the south-coast club, Defoe had been unable to play against Tottenham in Pompey's 2-0 defeat in March but the former Spurs striker made up for lost time with an assured first-half penalty right in front of the visiting supporters.
The DfES assured sixth-form colleges it would soon publish criteria for fast-track decisions on new sixth forms.
He had started the final day four shots behind Jeff Maggert, with the reassurance of a wonderfully assured third round behind him.
