verbal assurance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofverbalandassurance
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verbal
adjective
uk/ˈvɜː.bəl/us/ˈvɝː.bəl/
spoken rather ...
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assurance
noun
uk/əˈʃɔː.rəns/us/əˈʃʊr.əns/
a ...
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(Definition ofverbalandassurancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofverbal assurance
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She received theverbalassurancethat her son, and those men similarly placed with him, should not be sent out to the front.
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I recognise that at this late stage in the debates it may be impossible for him to give more than averbalassurance.
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It appeared that there was only averbalassuranceof continuity of supplies.
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We have had averbalassuranceon that.
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I should be content with thatverbalassurance.
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Is there to be a mereverbalassurancefrom the prisoner?
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I shall need quite a bit of assurance—and perhaps more thanverbalassurance—on that point.
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He stated that there is averbalassurance.
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I refer to that matter in the sense of not relying on a purelyverbalassurance.
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They gave me averbalassurancethat no new roads or road improvements are planned.
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He left that meeting with averbalassurancethat, as previously advised, his system was outside the scope of the directive because it was too small.
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He may have had averbalassurancefrom an official that it would be all right to go on negotiating because the local authority would extend the time.
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We want more than averbalassurance.
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In the capital, he obtained averbalassurancethat the demand should be withdrawn.
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There are the financial realities and the human realities of the matter in contrast to mere verbal assurances.
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He gave these verbal assurances that the necessary dollars would be available, and that was confirmed by letter.
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Nothing will be left other than some verbal assurances about safety, welfare and the regulations generally.
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I seek to show that not through verbal assurances but through detailed exposition of the position in which we find ourselves.
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It was a remarkably frank and indeed, memorable meeting, and the verbal assurances given to us were later followed by confirmation in writing.
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However, we are trying to put some rock solid foundations into those verbal assurances.
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