Sentences with phrase «already precarious position»

It is within this wider context that Miliband's compromises exacerbated Labour's already precarious position.

Benfica's already precarious position meant it was bold to plump for Svilar in goal - a player whose unorthodox diving header clearance was the most exciting moment of a drab start.

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We were all hoping he would come back in January, especially as we knew that Mohamed Elneny would be going off to the African Cup of Nations, but instead we are now in a precarious position in midfield as Francis Coquelin is also out again with a hamstring injury, after having already missed one month of the season previously.

With the other top Gunner Mesut Ozil also in talks over a new contract you would expect the German international and his people to be looking at a similar sort of deal to keep them happy as well, but revelations last week showed that such a huge pay rise for two of the players already on more money than their club colleagues would have put us in a precarious position.

Holding out on Yelich's request can't possibly play well long term when the new owners are already in such a precarious position with fans.

«Today, the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers are grounded in a very precarious position, and major retreat may already be happening, caused primarily by warm waters melting from below the ice shelves that jut out from each glacier into the sea,» said Matthew Wise of Cambridge's Scott Polar Research Institute, and the study's first author.