Sentence examples for cutting a fine from inspiring English sources

Ms. Schieffelin said her grandfather "wasn't concerned about cutting a fine figure," and indeed the family gave up their Tuxedo Park connections to build a house in Monroe, N.Y.

Cutting a fine figure is what counts.Mr Berlusconi anyway has managed to present himself not as another unscrupulous politician but as a hugely successful self-made businessman, whose optimism and entrepreneurial skills will lead Italy into a new era.

The Gaelic Irish (both men and women) took great pride in their long hair for example, a person could be heavily fined for cutting a man's hair short against his will.

I had been cutting celery into a fine dice and was tossing away the leafy tips (after all, how do you cube the leaves?).

Even that will be cutting it fine, since an agreement in principle will then have to be legislated by the Greek parliament and checked by the institutions representing the creditors, which include the European Central Bank (ECB) as well as the Commission and the IMF.

When he described a standoff in a shwarma shop -- "Carry on cutting the finest cuts of chicken from the big spinning stick/ Then over flies a chip, flips, and hits you on the back/You spin round on the attack" -- each rhyme and near-rhyme contributed to the propulsive energy.

Unless they're planning any absolute last minute signings before this game (and they're cutting it fine if they are), they can't have much of a chance here.

They are cutting it fine.

Wales are cutting it fine, but the passes and pauses are coming together.

If you've not started yet, it's not too late – but you're cutting it fine.

Clearly, it is cutting it fine to expect him to be Villa's running mate all the way to the final of this World Cup on July 11.