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The phrase "a subtle one" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is nuanced, delicate, or not immediately obvious, often in the context of a discussion or analysis.
Example: "The artist's use of color in the painting is a subtle one, inviting viewers to look deeper into the emotions conveyed."
Alternatives: "a nuanced one" or "a delicate one."
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Summoned by Ian Stark, the writer learns, to his considerable horror, that the dictator has "a great favor" to ask of him: Alan is to produce a novel (a "subtle" one, no less) depicting "the impact of the sanctions on the people, on the families of war veterans," which will help persuade the G-7 nations to rethink their policy; the authorship of the book will be attributed to Great Uncle himself.
The balance between remembering and forgetting and passing on memories of struggle to a new generation is a subtle one for Sachs and for South Africa.
Macklemore's concession was a subtle one.
The change itself is a subtle one.
However, the Abu Qatada story is quite a subtle one.
In some cases the dynamic of persuasion is a subtle one; in others it is not.
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Le Guin's struggle is a subtler one.
But a deeper draw, I suspect, and a subtler one, lies in the Boxcar Children's specific idea of a good time.
But would the politically controlling Communist regime have ever opened the country's living rooms to the network of a foreigner, even a subtler one?
Milton's Paradise Lost was the natural successor and a subtler one, for here the villain is enormously attractive and appeals to all our emotions, including pity.
The question here is a subtler one, namely that of how to formulate this principle as an axiom.
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