Sentence examples for precarious grip from inspiring English sources
That reflects early retirement, low female participation and a dual labour market, in which long-standing employees are virtually impossible to sack and newcomers called the precari because of their precarious grip on work have to take one temporary job after another.Mr Monti has made some changes.
Add to that the Saud dynasty's precarious grip on power, and the ruling family might find it politically impossible to crank up production to help the Americans.
Troops loyal to Chad's president, Idriss Déby Itno, have re-established a precarious grip on N'Djamena after four days of intermittent, intense fighting in the Chadian capital.
Big councils where the Conservatives have a precarious grip on power include: Amber Valley (2 seats), Swindon (4 seats) and Winchester (5 seats).
Five protestors have been killed so far and hundreds are missing, and the government seems to have resorted to desperate tactics in an attempt to maintain its precarious grip on power.
But it is plain to see that in the great game of survival every living thing must eat in order to replicate itself and so sustain the precarious grip of its species on its place in nature.
We assume he's a manifestation of Frank's precarious mental state, a symbol of his shaky grip on his own sense of manhood, as though Frank is compensating for his feelings of degradation by inventing a model of exaggerated visibility.
still ringing in your ears, spare a thought for poor Axl – the man uses the illusion that he remains a functioning performer to keep the most precarious of grips upon reality.
But WPP is sure to keep the bulk of the work; the world's leading ad agencies already have strong relationships with competing carmakers.See article: Ford's precarious financesKorean cookingThe exclusive grip on big accounting scandals by European and American companies was loosened by SK Group, South Korea's third-largest chaebol.
The Twister-like exercise, with its precarious balances and awkward grips, was riveting.
As Paterson's grip gets more precarious, his eyes grow wide in theatrical outrage.
