It turned out that no government department would issue this type of guarantee.

Moscow will have to get used to the idea, but it needs help in the form of guarantees.

"He knows he'll never get anyone else to agree to the kinds of guarantees I've made."

What kind of guarantees can you give us that we are not going to be blown up?

They think any form of guarantee takes away the desire for players to compete.

The property may be sold with the benefit of certain guarantees to its conditions.

Another £332.40 billion is in the form of guarantees, where the Government will only provide cash if things go badly wrong.

"There were a lot of guarantees," said one person involved in the payments.

In certain circumstances, the amount of guarantee can be reduced.

"There's not that kind of guarantee anywhere else these days."