Sentences with phrase «are dicey in»

Several of these moments have the added burden of trying to protect an NPC, who invariably are dicey in combat and can absorb a fraction of the damage you can.

«And that's dicey in terms of statistical analysis,» Plavcan says.

Not exact matches

If the negotiations had not foundered on the issue of how to safeguard farmers from surges in agricultural imports, Canada's delegation could have been caught in a politically dicey position over agricultural marketing boards.

In August, it was revealed that Uber was employing some dicey tactics by sending so - called brand ambassadors to order Lyft rides undercover and then persuade the drivers to defect to Uber.

While companies have different rules about relationships between employees — some prohibit them, while others require disclosure — Uber is in a dicey spot right now and any revelations of an out - of - control company culture, especially by top execs, are problematic at this time.

Orange County was the riskiest market in the region — if having a 4 percent risk of a price decline in the coming two years is what you consider dicey.

I confess, I too wanted to believe that «Dubya» was, somehow, a man apart from most men» that a «Patriot Act» in his hands was something less dicey than it would be in anyone else's.

Bringing up the past can be dicey, but also important in getting to general attitudes.

It's a bit of a project, but worth it if you have the time and are in the mood for a slicey - dicey sort of afternoon in the kitchen.

I live in a tropical area, and find that with all the variables I already have to contend with (heat, wind, humidity) it gets dicey being vegan with my baking at times.

All were delivered in the snow late Monday afternoon which, if a little dicey, was a lot of fun.

They'll argue otherwise, but committing to a major in some of those locales is dicey that time of year and may be a risk that they're not willing to take when considering future venues.

It would be dicey to draw conclusions about the probable outcome of the Tyson trial in light of the Smith verdict.

That starting Bama guard Ross Pierschbacher is questionable with a high ankle sprain could make matters even dicier for Bama, both in run blocking and pass protection.

I realize that using team stats to talk about an individual award is dicey, but the simple fact that Arizona State ranks 44th in Def.

All of these squads are still capable of grabbing a top seed come Playoff time, but they must be careful as a couple losses down the stretch could land them in dicey territory.

It's dicey to paint all of us in one swath.

Otherwise they work in loud movies or at sports events when things get dicey or turn out to be unexpected.

Plus the response to a provocative and dicey situation like this isn't decided upon unilaterally by the communications director, and in fact he / she is quite likely to have almost no say over it.

Normally I don't diagnose a lot of breastfeeding issues because I feel like that's something that's tricky and also a little dicey to do when you're not in the same room as the persona with the problem.

Putting fish in a lunchbox is a little dicey - there's always the risk that by lunchtime the fish smell will be overpowering not only your child but everyone else as well.

In the political and policy worlds, though, many bloggers seem to resist the notion that their ideas are influenced by outsiders, and pitching them stories can be a dicey proposition.

The two leaders have dicey issues to discuss, including: the new US trade tariffs on steel and aluminum from which France wants to be exempt; whether Trump will recertify the Iran nuclear deal that France wants to preserve; and forging a path forward in Syria to defeat ISIS and prevent chemical weapons attacks.

Frequently people think that there are only two ways address flexibility in a constitution: to legally entrench an entire document and to protect it with strong judicial oversight, or to have a political constitution and a sovereign parliament, which, in the words of A.V. Dicey, «has... the right to make or unmake any law whatever....»

But «Talking Politics» in Hudson County is always dicey.

But after the release of Trump Jr.'s emails, Caputo said in a brief phone conversation with The Buffalo News on Tuesday: «When it gets to be information from a foreign government, it gets to be pretty dicey.

It's a bit of a dicey question for a politician seeking support on Staten Island, but a reasonable topic and important in both transportation planning and broad budgeting for Staten Island services.

Last week, Senate Finance Committee chairwoman Catharine Young (R - Olean) said gun control — a particularly dicey political issue for Republicans in New York — would be sent to the negotiating table for further talks.

«It's too early for those on the throne to forget their days in the trenches, when the media held the torch that alighted our path, through the dark and dicey path of struggle for change.»

Dicey notes that «the word has often a different sense in conversation» so perhaps the tendency to conflate Parliament and the House of Commons is not a new one.

Acts of Parliament can't bind Parliament, in that they can always be «unmade» (to use Dicey's wording).

De Blasio's first year in office, when Ragone was with the mayor, was dicey — with the mayor slowly announcing top administration appointments, sparring with Cuomo and dealing with unflattering headlines.

In Albany, governors and legislative leaders have usually tied judicial raises — popular in polls — to raising their own salaries, which has been a politically dicey move for decadeIn Albany, governors and legislative leaders have usually tied judicial raises — popular in polls — to raising their own salaries, which has been a politically dicey move for decadein polls — to raising their own salaries, which has been a politically dicey move for decades.

Mack's dicey start would seem to create an opening for LeMieux, who served 16 months in the Senate after the resignation of Sen. Mel Martinez (R) in 2009.

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Given what's happened since the Deepwater Horizon drill platform exploded on 20 April, the claim that things couldn't get worse in the Gulf of Mexico seems pretty dicey.

In the past, analyzing the structure and function of a genome has been a dicey process.

Although drawing conclusions about small population subgroups — such as kids at risk of violence — from broad population trends can be dicey, it is still worth noting that as violent video games proliferated in recent years, the number of violent youthful offenders fell — by more than half between 1994 and 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

I was there for about four weeks and I spent one of those weeks with the a young group of engineers, and I went back to a couple of the sites I had visited on my first trip, including the Quds power plant which is north of Baghdad; it goes through some kind of dicey neighborhood, so the trip from the Green Zone to Quds is always a bit of hot charger; so we went up there in these Reva vehicles, these heavily armored South African Reva vehicles; and much to my amaze [ment], when I found that they had gotten some of their power plants started; they hadn't been able to run when I was there in 2005.

Bamforth decried beer's sometimes dicey image: «Beer is perceived as a bad - boy drink, and beer has been too often marketed in all sorts of strange ways — flatulent horses [an infamous ad during the 2005 Super Bowl, overshadowed by the even more infamous Janet Jackson «wardrobe malfunction»] and men behaving badly.

In an interview, he answered cautiously when asked whether the subject is too politically dicey.

The egg industry, in particular, can be quite dicey as there are various terms to comprehend.

I even slept in it if I was staying somewhere especially dicey.

I'll admit this one is dicey but if you can master it, you'll be all over the street style blogs in no time.

I think it's a subtle way to wear lace at the office (always a dicey proposition), so I'm looking forward to remixing it in some work outfits.

The National Weather Service has been reminding everyone that the East Coast / Midwest / Southeast is in the midst of a winter storm of epic proportions today, which has already meant some dicey travel conditions, flight cancelations, tons of snow, ice, scattered power outages, and very cold wind chills.

«The Shape of Things» (adapted from his stage play like his other two features, the memorable «In the Company of Men» and the dicey «Your Friends & Neighbors») is another scathing and insightful look into relationships.

His hired killer is a pot - bellied, nest - haired wreck, raising the question: Is cultivating the «gutter - sleeping hobo» look really the best way for a hit man to slip in and out of dicey situationis a pot - bellied, nest - haired wreck, raising the question: Is cultivating the «gutter - sleeping hobo» look really the best way for a hit man to slip in and out of dicey situationIs cultivating the «gutter - sleeping hobo» look really the best way for a hit man to slip in and out of dicey situations?

In the post 9 - 11 era, airplane thrillers are increasingly dicey ones to sell.

Venom without Spider - Man may sound dicey to some, but many of the antihero's biggest fans would likely be unsatisfied with a repeat of the character's campy role in Spider - Man 3 - so it seems Sony may be erring on the more adult - oriented side for this film rather than trying to square it with Tom Holland's decidedly family friendly take on the wallcrawler.