Sentence examples for test of confidence from inspiring English sources

The program is a test of confidence, a year after the war between Russia and Georgia.

If it gets there, stockmarkets may face an interesting test of confidence.

Its first bond offering in four years, seen as a test of confidence, did much better than expected.

Municipal elections due in March are now widely seen as a test of confidence in his mildly Islamist Justice and Development (AK) party.

Shaun Woodward, Labour's last Northern Ireland secretary, warned that the detention of Adams for four days had created a "massive test of confidence" in policing and the justice system in Northern Ireland.

The vote is seen as a test of confidence in the three-year rule of President Mwai Kibaki, who has pushed hard for changes in the country's basic law.

Shortly thereafter, the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois united to defeat the government on a vote that some considered to be either a confidence motion or else a motion requiring an immediate test of the confidence of the House.

It is hard to see how stock markets will escape the general test of investors' confidence that now appears inevitable.

In a more important test of investor confidence, Italy will auction treasury bills on Friday.

Spain faces a test of investor confidence this week with an auction of two- and 10-year bonds on Thursday.

With the major indexes up more than 20percentt since their March lows, analysts say earnings season could pose an important test of investor confidence in the stock market.