Sentences with phrase «very precarious»

In many ways it is a balancing act, and you may feel like a tightrope walker, tottering along a very precarious route.

This leaves representative bodies in a very precarious state and further erodes representative bodies» independence from the Commonwealth government.

«People who do this by themselves without any sort of emotional net are in a very precarious position and it may lead them to make inappropriate decisions,» she says.

Electric car startup Faraday Future is closing out 2017 in a very precarious position, something The Verge captures in a spellbinding story today on the company's financial state.

Without adequate money in the retirement kitty, the couple could be in a very precarious position at a time when there is little they can do to better their situation.

FLG has earned a reputation for effectively representing clients who find themselves in very precarious situations.

This can be dangerous: not only are you exposed to high interest rates but overdrafts are repayable on demand, or at best on 30 days» notice, putting the firm in a very precarious position.

The show, which is titled «Philly Mega Transit,» often shows SEPTA workers in very precarious working situations.

«We're in a very precarious situation.»

What at first might appear safe and secure will be, upon further inspection, very precarious.

Finally, The Day the World Changed will return to the present through the resulting arms race, in an effort to espouse to participants the very precarious position we are all in, how close we are at any moment to another unspeakable tragedy, and the importance of public advocacy in the pursuit of abolishing nuclear weapons.

A few of them are still operating in temporary settlements — Beach Bar 2 for instance — yet in a very precarious way.

The black and white cat can be seen emerging from the wing of the plane after take - off, managing to hang on before the pilot and passenger noticing the terrified stowaway clinging on for dear life, and quickly landing to make sure the cat doesn't hurt itself or fall off its very precarious seat on the flight.

And while they can obey your commands, but if they think that they will be put in a very precarious situation, you can always expect them to show a little resistance.

Inbreeding is a very precarious science and requires a lot of knowledge about genetics and that particular bloodline.

«Norman is at that very precarious stage of adolescence where he's figuring out what it is to become a man,» Farmiga says.

As a new wearer of skirts, my perspective is different: a garment that hugs the body with no other means of staying in place is very precarious.

Although complications from the disease had brought him to a very precarious state of health, he made steady improvement the moment all sources of gluten were banned from his diet and nutrient - dense foods — including plenty of gelatin - rich broth — were introduced instead.

The problem was, my mostly pain - free cycles felt very precarious.

«Developed countries have billions investedin a very precarious, no - win situation,» Buddemeier says.

It's a very precarious situation.

«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.

Nigeria is in a very precarious state now because acts inimical to the security and wellbeing of the country are being condoned.

He described the situation as very precarious saying «the bills that we owe as a nation is currently more than what we have in our reserves, and yet still the government says we are not in a crisis?»

«The situation is very, very precarious in this part of the country because criminal elements move in from the North - East and neighbouring countries.

«Their [majority] margin is very precarious in the state Senate,» Spitzer said.

«This is a very precarious right that we have and we need to do everything do fully protect it in New York and when we do that, we will start to change the tide in this country and help those other states and other people who are up against folks like that who just see my rights and my health care the same as men,» Quinn said.

So it wasn't pretty to watch as Arsenal went 2 - 0 down to CSKA Moscow, and it was looking very precarious until Danny Welbeck pulled one back to give us a little cushion, but isn't the most important thing that we did just enough to ensure we went through to the semi-final?

If not we are going to be dropping further down the table and looking very precarious....

This string of phenomenal performances has turned every Arrieta start into must - watch baseball and has put oddsmakers in a very precarious position.

Despite the heroics of the Arsenal team produced in beating the hot favourites Bayern Munich at the Emirates stadium on Tuesday night, our position in the Champions League is still a very precarious one.

Arsenal desperately need to get their confidence back and their Premier League campaign back on track, and they can't afford to be patient any more as a defeat at Goodison Park will leave them in a very precarious position indeed.

After a season with no trophies and a dreadful defence of their Premier League title the Chilean's position is very precarious.

This leaves Arsenal in a very precarious position.

Many things begin to come apart where the link between fatherhood and a husband's love for his wife is denied, and children begin to be born into a very, very precarious world.

Just so far as his affection is turned on private interest, he will become regardless of the common good, and when he is detached from the community in heart, his services will be very precarious at best, and those will not be expected at all which imply self - denial.37

While the positives include the unemployment rate falling to 42 - year lows, a weaker pound sterling is leading to a spike in consumer inflation; in the event of a negative outcome in the negotiations with the European Union, the UK currency could slide further, leading to a rise in consumer prices and leaving the Bank of England in a very precarious situation in which easing interest rates will be ruled out due to high inflation, and hiking rates will lead to a slowdown in economic activity.

«The way black women, in particular, have been constructed due to racist ideas, puts them in a very precarious position in the work environment, particularly as they try to ascend the ladder,» he told Fortune.

Not exact matches

Mr. Leitao described Quebec's situation as «very weak and precarious» compared to the rest of Canada and the United States.

When the threat of random murder is omnipresent, we live in a world where reward and punishment, life and death are so arbitrary that their very meaning looms precarious.

Now, I have to keep a very close eye on Jesus, as he leads me through deep valleys and precarious peaks.

All he wants to do is put the club in a precarious position when he is leaving and makes the job very difficult for whoever the manager is that will replace him.

It might so easily have been a bigger win but a one goal lead is always somewhat precarious so there was very much an element of relief as well as delight when referee Kevin Friend finally blew his whistle for the last time to signal three more points and take our total to 87 with two games still to play.

«In light of what happened with Health Republic, because they were not required to have significant reserves... we should be very careful before we make [insurers] financial situation more precarious.»

«While this strategy is very promising for a disease with few therapeutic options, it's crucially important to keep in mind that these tumors are located in precarious neuroanatomical sites that just do not tolerate much swelling — and those regions are already expanded by tumors,» Monje said.

I don't treat myself to naps very often as they throw off my already precarious night - time sleep, but when I do, I take it very seriously.

The fund wrestles with a precarious economic landscape that threatens the very existence of Axe Cap.

With very little action, this film builds almost unbearable tension by carefully examining some moral questions in a precarious situation that's based on true events.

Let's let those self - publishers know they live on the precarious edge of a very sharp blade that could decapitate them at any moment!

They are very real... And every investor knows that their financial future is hanging by precarious thread.