It hardly sends a reassuring message to western investors.

It's a reassuring message: his patients often arrive at the clinic under a cloud of fear and uncertainty.

Amid the dancefloor noise, the film yells a reassuring message.

Consulting some wise elders would send a reassuring message to the country that the nation's grown-ups are rallying to the cause of our collective safety.

The shares were ahead by 10½p to 220½p on the back of this reassuring message.

The prime minister looked trim at questions yesterday, a reassuring sight.

You see the departures board, whimper quietly to yourself, then look around for the reassuring sight of orange-cravated airline officials ready to marshal their flock.

Ah yes, a familiar, reassuring sight.

It's an oddly reassuring sight.

His sons' pyjamas thrown carelessly on their bedroom floor was a reassuring sight.

The abiding memory of all who worked with him then was of his calm, his reassuring smile and the confidence he inspired.

Before we settle down to talk, he shakes my hand, looks me properly in the eye and smiles that familiar tightlipped, reassuring smile.

It really was a reassuring smile - glowing with genuine happiness and braces.

She found him sitting at a table in his room, a reassuring smile on his face.

Despite everything, we have to try to believe in the message of that fabulously reassuring smile now.

Not only a reassuring statement, but also a brilliant excuse to go shopping.

The shares rose 7½p to 817½p after the reassuring statement.

Who else might be guilty of issuing reassuring statements?

Ministers, regulators and bankers tried to calm the panic by issuing reassuring statements that customers' deposits were safe.

Some proponents acknowledge that most people will not accept this sort of statistical argument nor will they believe reassuring statements from industry or government.

A reassuring thought, given how frothy the financial system looks right now.

It's a very reassuring thought.

So here's a reassuring thought.

He has close-cropped hair, a reassuring voice and occasional problems getting his headset to work.

Sadly, we are now seeing opportunists in all parties spreading fear among people who desperately need to hear a single reassuring voice.

It was fitting that his final act in the role was to appear on television to appeal for witnesses in his reassuring voice.

We do not just outsource the mapping part of our brains when we follow that reassuring voice, it seems, we disengage from our environment at a much deeper level.

People try to put a label on that but now he's more of a friend to me, a reassuring voice.

She will do so with reassuring words ringing in her ears.

The vicar wore a microphone, which he occasionally covered up to whisper reassuring words to the couple.

The end result seldom matches the reassuring words on the packet.

The morning papers are full of reassuring words, soothing balm for an anxious nation.

Reassuring words, but co-ordination needs vessels to co-ordinate.