But when the worlds of competition and co-operation collide, things can become awkward.For instance, in the auction for Daewoo, Fiat has been independently bidding against GM.
Is it awkward, for instance, that he has a knighthood while everyone else, including those he trains with, had to settle for MBEs?
For instance, awkward turns of phrase to describe a mean, while obviously referring to a mean, were missed by the algorithm.
After an awkward sexual encounter, for instance, the female participant "stayed where she was, in the staggered, vertical posture of a drunk hugging a street lamp".
For one, he experiments with format in ways that seem more awkward than helpful, for instance jumping back into Watson's childhood.
There are a few moments that undoubtedly work better in the comic; the occasional interventions of a narrator who is neither Quinn nor Auster, for instance, are awkward in the novel, but make perfect sense in the comic.
For New York City, World Cups can be an awkward time, a rare instance when the city's claim to be the world's capital is belied by the uneven level of interest in the matches.
It's awkward enough, in most instances, to talk about money, but doubly so when it involves family.
Because the war on terror is unlike any other the United States has waged, traditional wartime policies and mechanisms have made for an awkward fit, in some instances undermining efforts to defeat terrorism.
For instance, during an awkward silence the patient would be asked; "You mentioned something about.... .......
