However, if the offer were deemed credible, and the exchange rate plausibly reflected the ruble's purchasing power, most people would not bother.

At the very least, such tales were deemed credible to British officials in China and other Western observers.

The information was deemed potentially credible because the military authorities had corroborated some, but not all, of the other statements he had made.

Parliamentary elections have been deemed credible by international observers.

As of Wednesday, 1,354 complaints were deemed credible enough to be referred to investigators.

"If these communications are deemed credible, why hasn't the member of the press reported same?"

But a subsequent investigation "has determined that the threat to suspension bridges is not deemed credible."

Ms. Lewinsky had been deemed credible by his deputies.

The official figures are not deemed credible.

It is "not deemed credible" any more, the bureau said.