This being England, there was also room for heroic failures as well, such as the retreats from Dunkirk and Corunna, thus confirming to the untutored foreign observer that the preferred mode of British military operation is the successful evacuation.
However, Copeland council leader Elaine Woodburn said the authority would be writing to the government confirming its willingness to "go it alone" and seek out a suitable underground site.
He strongly denied that his party had been infiltrated by far-right elements and pointed out that any new member has to sign a pledge confirming their opposition to racism.
Later, Downing Street sought to play down the Commons clash, saying that the Prime Minister had known of the impending resignation - but he believed that confirming this to the chamber would leave the party open to accusations of control freakery.
So I hope that the Senate will act in a bipartisan fashion, as they did in confirming Elena to be our Solicitor General last year, and that they will do so as swiftly as possible, so she can get busy and take her seat in time to fully participate in the work of the Court this fall.
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One benefit to confirming your identity this way is getting to use a nickname.
Moreover, FINRA also has a legitimate concern when it comes to confirming the adequacy and source of the funds used to buy one of its member firms.
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The company declined to elaborate beyond confirming the test is available to a small group of users.
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"In signing the contracts to proceed with construction of the NBAF's Central Utility Plant, DHS is confirming their commitment to moving forward with construction of the laboratory facility itself, " Brownback said in a release.
Last year's second-placed finish behind FC Copenhagen in the Danish league goes some way to confirming that.
No one is confirming this need to pass off huge derivative liabilities to the federal government.
He will do this by confirming previous plans to continue pumping ever-increasing sums of money into the ailing system.
In an interview in today's FT, Theresa May came close to confirming that she has been thwarted by her colleagues.
Just after confirming her decision to resign in 1990, Lady Thatcher faced her last Prime Minister's questions in the House of Commons.
Ms Grahame released a statement confirming her intention to stand for election.
Both the Mirror and Daily Mail say Venables will be staying after confirming his future to both his players and caoching staff on Sunday.
As well as confirming his plan to end the temporary reduction in VAT at the start of 2010, the chancellor has turned again to his favourite levy, national-insurance contributions.
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While confirming that up to 10bn euros in loans will be provided to Cyprus, the eurozone finance ministers also rejected reports that the country might be granted more financial assistance.
As many people may recognize, medical providers working in a busy emergency department may not have the time to devote to confirming recent medication lists, especially with patients with extensive numbers of medications.
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He won two supporting votes with the addition of Janet Yellen and Sarah Bloom Raskin to the Fed's Board of Governors, and could get another if the full Senate gets around to confirming nominee Peter Diamond this year.
The third tip to reading body language like a pro is to notice the first signal, but wait for confirming cues before assigning meaning to what you see.
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And at this stage the British began their discussions with the UN, discussions that, according to the British Government, would lead in June 1999 to the UN confirming that refurbishment was permitted, and that Minurso was actually willing to supervise the process.
The council released a statement on Monday, shortly before the pothole was filled in, confirming repairs were about to take place.
Luckily, it was just the social network confirming that I wanted to keep my number private (which is actually a good thing).
The Football Association of Ireland released a statement, confirming Blatter had agreed to a meeting in Zurich last Friday, which lasted for 90 minutes.
Wizner says that keeping the documents classified makes them much more difficult to use in courts, for instance, and allows the government to avoid confirming their authenticity.
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Before Wednesday, he was largely unknown, mentioned in passing in one or two news reports as having sent an e-mail to Myers confirming that WorldCom's accounting for ordinary expenses as capital expenditures could not be justified.
All MPs had to sign off their expenses confirming that they "incurred these costs wholly, exclusively and necessarily to enable me to stay overnight away from my only or main home for the purpose of performing my duties" as an MP.
He went on to explain that the delay in confirming an opponent was because the coach, Henri Kasperczak, wanted to play an African country and it was difficult to secure an agreement.
That is why Wall Street, recognising and confirming this, has soared to great heights.
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