Me making it into AFL will make them, will give them more opportunities and give them confidence to sort of go out there and do their own things to better themselves."

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

"But despite the tremors to which it is still subject and which still render it vulnerable, the government has resolutely committed itself to creating conditions which can give confidence to local investors and attract foreign investment."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"It's important for many reasons, really,to give the confidence to the ground teams -- all our American GIs as well as our coalition partners on the ground -- that if they do get injured, there's somebody to go get them, whether it's in a benign situation or in the middle of a firefight."

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

English law defined seditious libel as criticizing the government in such a way as to reduce public confidence.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

"We never will move out of the crisis if we do not re-establish confidence, which means we have to establish signposts for the future."

VOA: special.2009.01.23

The next year, American Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called for the two countries to "explore further ways to build mutual confidence and avoid misunderstandings."

VOA: special.2010.09.25

But people have to have confidence that things are going to improve."

VOA: special.2009.12.18

"President Obama continues to inspire great confidence from the American public, especially when you compare him to other political leaders,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

"It's important to have confidence. It's important to have on the ground inspections which this treaty provisions call for,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Officials in Tokyo have expressed confidence they would win any legal confrontation, which threatens to destabilize relations between the Asia-Pacific partners.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

He said developing an ideology of confidence in condoms is not correct because it fails to focus on personal responsibility.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The president made the announcements as a new opinion poll shows public confidence in him has sunk to a new low.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

But they add that failure to implement fiscal consolidation where it is needed could undermine confidence and hamper growth.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

They say their suspicions are reinforced by Iran's refusal to respond to confidence building proposals by world powers.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14