Sentence examples for general assurances from inspiring English sources

He said: General assurances alone will not open borders.

"I sought specific assurances, but also some general assurances," said the Prime Minister.

Ultimately, after receiving general assurances from Mr. Lott, Mr. Thompson decided against quitting.

The former Syria adviser, Frederic C. Hof, wrote last month that although the opposition has offered general assurances to the one-third of Syrians who belong to minority groups, "probably no more than a handful" believe it, especially as jihadist groups grow more prominent on the battlefield and issue videotaped calls for the restoration of the Islamic caliphate.

"Not only is there some reason for distrusting such a statement, given that it is based on Security Services' advice and information, because of previous, albeit general, assurances in 2005, but also the Security Services have an interest in the suppression of such information".

Calling Ari Fleischer "a great evasive bore," Michael Kinsley wrote: "Fleischer speaks a sort of imperial court English, in which any question, no matter how specific, is parried with general assurances that the emperor is keenly aware and deeply concerned and firmly resolved and infallibly right and the people are fully supportive and further information should be sought elsewhere".

Pezzullo said that it was up to the committee how it chose to acquit its duties and obligations, but he repeated a general assurance.

The results suggest that purchasing professionals are more likely to recommend use of the exchange when general assurance over the reliability of the exchange's system is present than when specific assurance over the reliability of transaction information is present.

But he did not even try to explain the apparent contradictions between that general assurance, and the apparent evidence to the contrary.

Rumsfeld echoes his generals' assurances that no additional American divisions are needed.

Public opinion polls show that a majority of Russians no longer believe their generals' assurance that the militants are on the verge of defeat.