Sentence examples for delicate machining from inspiring English sources

Powered by batteries or friction motors, they cost a few dollars each, although their assembly required dozens of steps of delicate machining and handcrafting.

Did he want to destroy the delicate machine?

The "delicate machine" Keynes referred to was of course the global economy.

Do we really understand the workings of that delicate machine any better than our forebears did?

But to-day we have involved ourselves in a colossal muddle, having blundered in the control of a delicate machine, the working of which we do not understand.

"We have involved ourselves in a colossal muddle," he warned, "having blundered in the control of a delicate machine, the working of which we do not understand".

But today we have involved ourselves in a colossal muddle, having blundered in the control of a delicate machine, the working of which we do not understand".

As HSBC noted, in 1930, in words that seem strangely appropriate today, Keynes wrote: "We have involved ourselves in a colossal muddle, having blundered in the control of a delicate machine, the working of which we do not understand.

Among European NATO arsenals, few helicopters have defensive equipment such as flares and chaff to deflect shoulder-held anti-aircraft missiles.Helicopters are expensive and delicate machines requiring heavy maintenance, especially when flying in dusty conditions.

The tolerances are even more remarkable given that hard disk drives are rapidly becoming a staple of consumer products like Apple Computer's iPod music players, which are handled with little awareness of the delicate machine that stores digital data.

Moving these delicate machines was a tense and nerve-racking experience, said Mr Cane.