Sentence examples for credible prospects from inspiring English sources

Back on Dec. 5, Alan Greenspan warned that bankers who had been too liberal in their lending might be going too far in the other direction, and urged them not to "cut off credit for borrowers with credible prospects".

"Both bankers and their supervisors should now guard against allowing the pendulum to swing too far," he said, warning against "policy stances that cut off credit to borrowers with credible prospects".

Mr Greenspan's appeal quite remarkable for a central banker in an economy that is already deep in debt that banks "should now guard against allowing the pendulum to swing too far the other way by adopting policy stances that cut off credit to borrowers with credible prospects," may fall on deaf ears.Prospects are even gloomier in the corporate-debt markets.

Though lenders will be viewing new transactions with greater caution than they did a couple of years ago, both bankers and their supervisors should now guard against allowing the pendulum to swing too far the other way by adopting policy stances that cut off credit to borrowers with credible prospects.

"Lenders and their supervisors should be mindful," Mr. Greenspan told the Independent Community Bankers of America in Las Vegas, "that in their zeal to make up for past excesses, they do not overcompensate and inhibit or cut off the flow of credit to borrowers with credible prospects".

If the people are confident, bankers must also be upbeat and lend without fear: "Though lenders will be viewing new transactions with greater caution than they did a couple of years ago, both bankers and their supervisors should now guard against allowing the pendulum to swing too far the other way by adopting policy stances that cut off credit to borrowers with credible prospects".

His sentiments were echoed by the White House which issued a statement saying the extension offered a "credible prospect for a comprehensive deal".

"My personal view is that it is irrational for anyone, whether a corporation or an individual, to be leaving money in Greek financial institutions, so long as there is a credible prospect of a euro zone exit," said Ian M. Clark, a partner in London for White & Case, a global law firm that has a team of 10 lawyers focusing on the issue.

As he stood in front of his mirror on Thursday morning, however, even Berlusconi must have realised this was suddenly no longer true: for the first time in almost 20 years, he is no longer the undisputed master of his party, and for the first time since 2001, he neither leads the government of Italy nor has any credible prospect of destroying it if it fails to do his bidding.

This has not happened yet, and there is no credible prospect of it taking place.

The prospect of a credible conservative candidate is a matter of clear concern to Mr. Giuliani's aides, since Mr. DioGuardi, running on the right, would presumably draw votes away from Mr. Giuliani in his Senate contest with Hillary Rodham Clinton.