Sentences with phrase «is a dicey term»

Not exact matches

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

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

For a time, they were really the only ones in the game, in terms of attracting big name talent and investing in potentially dicey subject matter.

His contract terms are dicier than ever.

Although energy exposure is light, we see dicey credits including Valeant, Citgo, and second lien term loans.

It's just that we are making long term projections based on some theoretical deliberations and a dicey past record.

In the absence of a codified constitution, it is necessary for us to turn to constitutional convention or, as Dicey termed them, the «understandings, habits or practices which, though they may regulate the conduct of... officials, are not in reality laws at all since they are not enforced by the courts» (An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1959) 10th edn, Macmillan, p 24).