Sentences with phrase «increasingly safe pair of hands»

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U.S. - educated Yi, 60, a protege of respected predecessor Zhou Xiaochuan, is widely seen as a safe pair of hands, ensuring policy continuity as China persists with its crackdown on risks and a debt build - up in its increasingly complex financial system.

After the 2001 election, Blair moved him to the Foreign Office, perhaps out of a combined need for someone who was a «safe pair of hands» and who wouldn't challenge Blair as he became increasingly his own foreign secretary, a characteristic of many prime ministers.