Sentence examples for confident of taking from inspiring English sources

If there was a more united and effective opposition Mr Hunt and his ultimate boss the Prime Minister might not have felt confident of taking this drastic step.

On this form Super League's lowest salary-cap spenders will go into Magic Weekend confident of taking another major scalp when they play Catalans.

The Tory high command is confident of taking outright command of Lancashire and Staffordshire -two of the four councils that remain under Labour's power, and of depriving them of overall authority in the other two, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

More of the same was awaiting Willett at home, while a motion was tabled in parliament congratulating him on his success, but he was confident of taking it all in his stride.

They have lost only one of their past six away from the Vitality Stadium – at Arsenal – and will be confident of taking something from Watford, whose form remains erratic and who are safe in mid-table, despite the visitors coming into the match on a run of three home defeats.

The 21-year-old is in line to get his first start against Italy on Tuesday night but that looks likely to be his last senior appearance until September as the Under-21s manager, Gareth Southgate, is confident of taking the striker to the Czech Republic.

Jose Mourinho, the former Chelsea manager who the Independent revealed has sent United a six-page dossier, is increasingly confident of his chances of taking the top job at Old Trafford.

Former Blues boss Jose Mourinho - who the Independent revealed has sent Manchester United a six-page dossier this week - is increasingly confident about his chances of taking the top job at Old Trafford.

When Ben Stiller's commitment-phobe meets her, serendipitously, outside a San Francisco laundromat, she is what many guys would call the perfect woman: warm but confident, super hot, and capable of taking a pratfall (she later flips over the handlebars during a smoochie bike ride) without batting an eye.

Only a ridiculously brave, and determinedly self-confident writer would therefore dream of taking on the task of 'updating' it, a perfect description, one might say, of Steve Jones.

In each case, the effect was not someone who didn't know what to say but of a confident man who has the luxury of taking things slowly -- to appraise, to dismiss, to consider his next move.