Victory, which at least guaranteed them a play-off spot, was secured by a goal from Callum Wilson.
However, the evolution of transportation systems towards autonomous vehicles requires robust protocols with proven or at least guaranteed properties.
Analysts said the deal reached Thursday was a pragmatic one that at least guaranteed that the terms of the 2007 accord remained in place indefinitely.
Even as our privacy and freedom of movement are further restricted with every step, we are at least guaranteed the bare necessities: food, toilets, reading material, taffy.
Whatever else happens to Byrne's political career, surely he is at least guaranteed a permanent place in the dictionaries of political quotations.
In the west, where freedoms of speech are, theoretically at least, guaranteed in law, the challenge for an artist to make an effective political statement is more complex.
Of course, that at least guaranteed bumper crowds – although no one could have foreseen what a crucial role the crowd would play.
Five years on, say activists, most Roma are still worse off than under communism, which, for all its faults, at least guaranteed work, housing and welfare, and stamped down on hate crimes.
In these hard and uncertain economic times, some in the former Soviet Bloc lament the passing of the "good old days", when the mediocre, however mediocre, was at least guaranteed.
The 4-1 victoverover Montenegro on Friday at least guaranteed them a second chance should they fail to beat Poland, but Hodgson is determined to emerge victorious to avoid the dreaded two-legged play-offs.
