Sentence examples for precarious one from inspiring English sources

Their trade is a precarious one, not only because of the absence of on-site health and safety measures as well as medical insurance, but also due to the fact that jade mining is legally prohibited due to the political clusterfuck that is the ongoing Burmese Civil War, which dates back to 1948.

This is a new departure for her, and a precarious one, to judge by her new CD ("Times Like This" on Koch International), where again she offers standards -- "If I Loved You," "I Could Have Danced All Night" -- along with songs that did not make it in quite the same way.

The situation is a precarious one.

A playwright's life is a very precarious one.

Chaucer's London job was always a precarious one.

The life I lead is very much a precarious one.

The new dynamic is causing the most consternation for Democrats, who are trying to hang on to -- if not build on -- their precarious one-seat advantage in the Senate.

Senator Robert G. Torricelli's stunning decision to drop his re-election bid has added new volatility to the battle for control of the Senate, with eight races now considered too close to call and Democrats in a fierce struggle to hang on to their precarious one-seat majority.

Todd Hamilton held a precarious one-stroke lead after the third round.

But they also had only a precarious one-run lead over the Yankees to show for it.

The Republicans have an 11-seat advantage in the House, the Democrats a precarious one-seat advantage in the Senate, and there are plenty of governorships up for grabs.