Sentence examples for viewed as solid from inspiring English sources

In contrast to the situation with subprime mortgage debt in the United States, the underlying assets of the Canadian paper are generally viewed as solid.

Large banks hold exceptional sway in Brazil and are still viewed as solid institutions, even as their profits have declined recently.

The intelligence reports were viewed as solid enough that they were briefed all the way up to Mr. Bush, former White House aides said.

Its chief executive, Mike Ullman, who had been at the helm since 2004, was widely viewed as solid, if a tad unimaginative.

They knew that was likely to force Enron into bankruptcy in the near future, but they also knew that no one was willing to rescue a company that the agencies had viewed as solid only weeks before.

"Holland is viewed as solid, reliable, efficient, wealthy and boring, but Amsterdam is considered much more stylish … it's all about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, and the city governments want it to keep that edgy, cool appeal," says Anholt, who adds that Amsterdam, ninth on the style list, is one of the few cities that passes the "cool T-shirt test".

"On the dovish side, the Fed acknowledges that 'the pace of jobs growth has slowed' versus being viewed as 'solid' in September," he said.

If written words alone could keep the church on course, Benedict would likely be viewed as a solid success.

"The car companies want a diverse group of tire suppliers, and Bridgestone tires are viewed as relatively solid," said Stephen Girsky, an auto industry analyst at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in New York.

Mr. Kicklighter, 74, who retired from the Army in 1991 after a 35-year career, was viewed as a solid choice when the military budget was nearing $600 billion a year and procurement fraud cases in Iraq and Afghanistan were on the rise.

While the Fed got hammered by critics who assailed the tests as too deferential to the banks, the central bank was doing something unprecedented and holding the banks to what it viewed as a solid capital standard.