Sentence examples for canny man from inspiring English sources

"The canny man has reduced direct exposure and freed up capital... and is even set to pocket some cash in the meantime," said Mike van Dulken, head of research Accendo Markets.

The Canny Man's is another famed Edinburgh pub, filled with bric-a-brac and hideaways where you can sup a quiet pint or savour a malt.

Berlusconi is an ebullient, canny man with energy to burn, who has gone through life "riding on a smile and a shoeshine", to borrow Willy Loman's famous phrase in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman.

But we're kidnapped - seriously, bundled into a car - by a new friend (yes, you, Billy Day of Bacchus Antiques) and compelled to go to The Canny Man's (239 Morningside Rd; 0131 447 1484) in crooked-pinkie Morningside.

By most accounts he is a wise and canny old man who should be listened to with respect.

Khalifa (the name means "successor" in Arabic) may love the herb but beneath the Snoop Dogg-style talk is an incredibly canny young man.

"It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees", says Nately, but the canny old man corrects him: "No, it's better to live on your feet than die on your knees".

For Palestinians, Mr. Barghouti, 41, a canny, charismatic man with a compact build and an easy smile, has become a popular leader of a fight for freedom, and even a potential successor to Mr. Arafat.

When it comes to canny hard men, the Azzurri have always been covered by the likes of Claudio Gentile and Fabio Cannavaro, while they have also laid claim to more than their fair share of classy ball-players, such as Gaetano Scirea and Franco Baresi.

Many of the people were reluctant to talk — it was well known that Ivanishvili hated publicity of any kind — but those I did speak to painted a picture of an essentially modest man: clever, canny, very much in control.

Many of the people were reluctant to talk it was well known that Ivanishvili hated publicity of any kind but those I did speak to painted a picture of an essentially modest man: clever, canny, very much in control.