By asking for the supplier's commitment at this early stage, Pearl wanted a quality assurance check and formal assurance that it had realistic expectations.

He seemed, too, to be making some objections to which the lieutenant replied by formal assurances.

This apparent digressiveness masks a breathtaking formal assurance.

This is not part of our formal assurance.

Before the commencement of the trial the New Zealand authorities obtained formal written assurances that the death penalty would not be invoked.

In his letter he also sought "a formal assurance that President Nazarbayev will not be indicted."

This comment does not form part of our formal assurance.

This comment forms part of our formal assurance.

We received formal assurances from the Commission that there was no incompatibility.

The United States, as a matter of principle, offered no formal assurances on what would happen to the missiles.