He became his old evangelical self as he scribbled the reassuring figures on a board.

We need a reassuring figure, one who can bring us back to confidence in the law.

A middle-aged, thoroughly heterosexual housewife, she was a reassuring figure.

But the vice president is a reassuring figure with vast amounts of experience who takes the security of this country seriously.

"Those who want to underestimate his capability in a campaign - well, again, I think he is a very reassuring figure."

Reagan, by contrast, appeared to be a much more reassuring figure.

James Bond is a very reassuring figure for France.

Vimes moved on quickly, just in case the man drew those swords again, and ran up against a slightly more reassuring figure.

He is a reassuring figure, but not a galvanizing one.

Yet Mr. Dittemore is not just the reassuring figure in charge.