Sentence examples for precarious phase from inspiring English sources

Despite high expectations, officials here warned that the operation was still in a very precarious phase.

The more important question now is whether the letter will up the negotiations, just as they enter their most critical and precarious phase.

We are entering a precarious phase of the economic and financial crisis.

Groups A and B were, in contrast, in more precarious phases of their trajectories: herds have undergone recent and consecutive losses after a severe event, e.g. droughts or accidental death of a family chief or herds, and settlements have been in a progressive decline or dispersal in recent years.

The Giants, for all their inconsistencies, have survived a precarious opening phase of the season with a 4-2 record.

"The long duration of the award provides stability during a career phase that can otherwise be precarious".

Their precarious condition means they are rarely accepted for phase II and III trials, which are more complicated and extensive.Oddly, though, even if the drug being tested is a targeted therapy the tradition in phase I trials has been to gather together patients with, say, lung cancer and assume that all carry the relevant mutation.

Skeletal lesions in infants and adults indicative of scurvy suggest that initial colonisation phases in the Pacific islands involved precarious times involving deficiencies of key nutrients.

Furthermore, we emphasize our enormous gratitude to the twelve sub-Saharan migrant community researchers who collegiately participated in all phases of this research project despite their precarious situation.

Middle age, formerly the highest-status phase of life around the world, has become a precarious crossing.

However, in phase 2, fewer recognised the case of sexual abuse and precarious home circumstances than in phase 1.