Sentence examples for steadiness from inspiring English sources

It is often said that Sir Mervyn was a "steady hand on the tiller" but was the supposed steadiness just inaction?

But he can no longer afford to rely on steadiness alone.

The steadiness of the gains – this is the 56th straight month of private sector job growth – belies the fact that they have also been accelerating.

(Thomas Jefferson was supposed to be a fourth commissioner, but he reached France only in 1794, after the war had ended).Jay's steadiness helped ease the hostility between Adams and Franklin.

Despite qualms among Germany's allies, used to the steadiness of Helmut Kohl's departing administration, foreign policy should bring few alarms under Joschka Fischer (see article), one of three Green ministers; the others are at environment and health.

The army's incompetence has cost it much credibility.Until its foreign policy is more unified, Russia will find it difficult to nourish trust and steadiness in its dealings with normal countries.

It was this steadiness and loyalty to her comrades that most appealed to the British officers who later agreed to train her to become an SOE agent.Other qualities were evident by then.

No one could doubt his grit or calm, even if he owed some of his steadiness to a prodigious consumption of cigarettes.

Look back further and the relative steadiness of the past ten years is even more striking (see left-hand chart).

Much depended on the experience and steadiness under fire of the bomb aimer.

By some calculations, its GDP is almost as big as the rest of sub-Saharan Africa's other 47 countries put together, and has been swelling steadily since the African National Congress (ANC) took the reins of government in 1994.Moreover, it has been providing a good example of democracy and steadiness in a continent where tyranny and bloodshed are still tragically common.