Sentence examples for assured in the first from inspiring English sources

Palm Beach, who looked so assured in the first half, are suddenly drawn into a fierce contest.

Sunderland were sloppy with their passing in the second 45 minutes, having looked more assured in the first.

"They arguably had the best of the first half but we were composed and assured in the second," said MK's manager, Karl Robinson.

The supervisor said he was assured in the first week of April that the bank's senior management was not concerned about Bruno Iksil, the trader who earned the nickname the London Whale for his outsize bets in the credit markets.

Burton were the better, more assured side in the first half, possibly because their players could all get into a bar without being asked for ID.

So during health education mothers must be assured that in the first six months of life, breast milk alone is sufficient for proper growth and protection against infection in LBW neonates.

That was still 137 runs short of Surrey's first-innings total but the home side were less assured in their second innings.

However, Jeremy Hunt, the new culture secretary, assured in his first speech that culture will not be a soft target for cuts – but he will be unable to stop the Treasury from seeing it as precisely that, and his ability to defend his new territory has yet to be proven.

The ultimate aim is a system of certification, assuring consumers in the first world that soya growers are complying with environmental law.

Team-mate Michael Bingham was more assured in finishing second in his semi-final, the 24-year-old clocking a season's best of 44.88 as he was just overtaken on the line by Ireland's David Gillick (44.79).

He nonetheless played some of his most assured tennis in the third set, striking the ball sweetly and with more conviction to get to a tie-break, but then it all fell to pieces.