For example in a 3-seat election, 3/4 of the voters (if united on 3 candidates) can guarantee control over all three seats.
The industry went along, sometimes grudgingly, with the shift away from contracts that guaranteed a specific margin over costs.
"And guaranteeing him hassles at airport security stations all over the world," I murmured.
Young's contract guaranteed him $1 million per album, as well as total creative control over his output.
And what does Johnson, who did a little talking himself when he guaranteed a victory over the 49ers, think of all this?
The company said it would guarantee the Apollo $5 million over the next five years, regardless of how much the program earned.
By this time, they had reached a contract that guaranteed at least a 22% raise over the next three years.
Liberalisation of the gas market will not guarantee investment over the next twenty or thirty years.
Guaranteeing it over the long term will mean protecting the earth's climate.
For their part, commitments undertaken in national plans should be made known to the international community, thus guaranteeing greater transparency over all processes.