Reliable
reliable (adjective) - can be trusted to performa well and work the way you expect it to work
reliable information sources
high quality, reliable machines
reliable forecasts
computer models cannot yet provide reliable forecasts
a reliable test
a reliable witness
replace it with a more modern and reliable one
the backing of an experienced and reliable international network
prefer hiring or promoting those whose commitments to family and home will encourage them to be reliable
one of the most reliable brokers on Wall Street
tried and tested, and found to be reliable
he was entirely reliable, steady
considered sufficiently reliable
management information systems and internal control systems that are sufficiently reliable
the most reliable way to determine Y
the most reliable way to determine whether he is lieing
cheap but reliable
proved to be a reliable easy-to-drive family car
had a lot to say but was not reliable
looking for a reliable, self-confident, honest individual who knows how to be friendly without being irritatingly overfamiliar
prove reliable
seems reliable
not wholly reliable
reasonably reliable
they are not very reliable
not reliable as evidence
absolutely reliable
completely reliable
fairly reliable
quite reliable
pretty reliable
the most reliable
reliable supporters
reliable sources say,...
earlier and more historically reliable versions
there are no comprehensive and reliable statistics on the employment status of people with disabilities
a method that can be tedious, confusing and not particularly reliable
draw reliable conclusions
could not draw any generally valid or reliable conclusions from such discussions
restaurant with reliable menu
putting the software, hardware and data in a practical and reliable configuration
must decide when the machine's knowledge is reliable
there is no reliable method of doing this yet
a reliable form of wind propulsion
career record also demonstrates just how reliable he was
Example sentences:
* George's career record also demonstrates just how reliable he was.
* I knew he was reliable.
* The user must decide when the machine's knowledge is reliable enough, if it ever is.
* This means putting the software, hardware and data in a practical and reliable configuration.
* A charming little West End restaurant with reliable menu.
* Those who were more ready to talk were not always obviously reliable.
* Some parts of the blueprint will have been tried and tested, and found to be reliable.
* Information is usually abundant in developed countries, and the problem is to choose reliable and sufficiently comprehensive information sources.
* The development of reliable text recognition procedures would serve two important functions.
* The pill: the most reliable of all contraceptives.
* They are not very reliable and it is a rare day when all eight can be persuaded to run!
* Then either dismantle clean, lubricate and reassemble the old valve, or remove it and replace it with a more modern and reliable one.
* The researcher could not draw any generally valid or reliable conclusions from such discussions, but they should provide useful guidelines as to what areas should be followed up in the main enquiry.
* In areas of cleaning and hygiene, such as warewashing and storage, savings can be made by using high quality, reliable machines which rely on electronic and other high tech components to ensure the smooth running of the equipment.
* It has established and maintained management information systems and internal control systems that are sufficiently reliable and relevant to provide the board with all the information it needs.
* Again, Moore comments on the tendency of employers to prefer hiring or promoting those whose commitments to family and home will encourage them to be reliable.
* The interviewer is looking for a reliable, self-confident, honest individual who knows how to be friendly without being irritatingly overfamiliar it is sensible to know some of the basic body language that will work against you as well as what will cause a favourable reaction.
* In August the Agitprop section of the Twelfth Party Conference had set up a commission to start a state subsidy for the politically reliable press.
* It may lack a certain flair, it may have a garish badge, it may still be cheap and cheerful inside (there are now some very attractive leather-look plastics about) but it is proving to be a reliable, easy-to-drive family car with lots of equipment as standard and rock bottom prices.
* Analysis of water samples, usually provides the most reliable way to determine formation water resistivity.
* But before they faded from view, Flettner rotors proved to be a reliable form of wind propulsion during several years of full operation at Sea.
* He always got that train, he was entirely reliable, steady, though no older than she, designed for a good husband and father.
* It is a method that can be tedious, confusing and not particularly reliable as readings can be made untrustworthy by fluctuations in general health.
* General Hodge and his advisers saw the rightists as the most reliable supporters of the American presence and regarded the left as dangerous or communist-dominated.
* Droughts in South Africa (see box), changes in the southern oscillation, El Nino and other facets of the circulation in the southern hemisphere are surely interlinked, but the complexity of the energy exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere is such that computer models cannot yet provide reliable forecasts of changes in phenomena such as the southern oscillation.
* At one and the same time, you benefit from the best available local plans tailored to suit your company's needs and the backing of an experienced and reliable international Network, for a cost-benefit ratio that may well astound you.
* But the Church Fathers who compiled the present New Testament were themselves aware of, and had access to, other, earlier and more historically reliable versions.
* As yet there are no comprehensive and reliable statistics on the employment status of people with disabilities, but the information we have shows disabled people suffering consistently higher levels of unemployment --; up to five times higher.
* If less reliable prostheses or techniques were used the cost at 10 years would be over three times as much.
* There are obvious problems with this approach: there is no common definition as to the components of these qualities, there is no reliable method of identifying them and a list of qualities may well include contradictory elements.
