Sentence examples for definite assurances from inspiring English sources

He told his restless countrymen that "I have got definite assurances that this operation will be short".

That is apparently what happened on Monday, when General Musharraf, speaking in English, said, "One is hoping -- and I have got definite assurances -- that this operation will be short".

The White House today contradicted statements by Pakistan's president that he had received "definite assurances" that the military operation in Afghanistan would be short, the first sign of strain in the delicate relationship between President Bush and Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani leader.

By late 1931 Kreuger is, for the first time, unable to provide a colleague with a definite assurance on IMCO's dividend payments the bedrock of the company's allure.

Once more, Mr. Chamberlain pledged his country to defend France and Belgium against unprovoked aggression, while refusing a similar definite assurance to Czechoslovakia or any other country in which British interests were considered not vital.

8] after Chancellor Adolf Hitler's government gave a definite assurance to the British government that it had not aided the rebels in the past and would not help them in the future, and that Germany planned no naval demonstration at Barcelona to avenge the murders of Germans in Spain.

The first requirement for the method will, therefore, be in the form of a definite assurance against passing any unsatisfactory lot that is submitted for inspection.

"If workers had definite assurance of equitable shares in the profits of the corporations that employ them, they would see less need to seek an equitable balance between their gains and soaring profits through augmented increases in basic wage rates.

Not definitive, just definite.

Government departments encouraged to upgrade to Windows 7 >> Computer Weekly The original headline said "told to upgrade", but it's not as definite as that: "CESG, the Information Assurance (IA) arm of GCHQ, has given the green light to Windows 7 and is encouraging government departments to upgrade to the operating system".

Psychiatric care is formally offered by Quality Assurance representatives to all patients with possible or definite awareness.