Sentence examples for precarious ones from inspiring English sources

But they can't get past a political fact: Rich countries of the north don't want to underwrite the precarious ones on the periphery, which they regard as irresponsible.

Three more days follow in the mountains, and if they do not determine the race's outcome, they will at least be precarious ones for Armstrong or whomever is in the lead.

As American sociologist Joanne Ciulla concludes in her book, The Working Life: ' Of all the institutions in society, why let one of the more precarious ones supply our social, spiritual and psychological needs?

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.

Although the duchy survived, it remained on the whole precarious, one of the reasons being the continual passage of troops during the War of the Grand Alliance.

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.

The creationists, unlike Ussher, are out on a limb, and a precarious one at that". This is a fascinating period of history, for it shows European scholars coming to the limits of what they could demonstrate on the basis of texts alone.

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.