Sentence examples for be cunning to from inspiring English sources

True, it's not the whole story - but in journalism, he says, you have to be cunning to make decent contacts, especially in a closed society.

So Sehgal is cunning to preserve the unknown.

Many in football underestimated Drogba's intelligence: they saw his 6ft 2in and 13-stone frame and assumed he was merely a wrecking ball, but there was cunning to the chaos that Drogba brought to the football pitch.

The Justice Department's antitrust chief is to make a final decision on the deal by March 2. Ellison went on to say he thought PeopleSoft Chief Executive Craig Conway Craig Conway was cunning to propose combining the two firms' apps software businesses more than 14 months ago and now to fight such a move.

Performing good-natured pranks and practical jokes are a good way to build many of the skills you'll need to be cunning without exposing yourself to much risk.

Nelio seems, at first, to be an African Kim, a child forced by extreme poverty to be cunning and adaptable, constantly alert for new ways to survive.

If you have a small hand, you have to be cunning for offense, but it is very easy to get out of a pin.

"You have to be cunning," he said of the sport.

People born under the rat are traditionally thought to be cunning, witty, and prosperous.

"We knew it had to be cunning, intricate, unconventional and witty," she says.

That you had to be cunning and nasty and sly as well.