Sentence examples for sticky matters from inspiring English sources

The Tudor and Stuart kings, of course, used their ever-more-elaborate Thames processions as a distraction, drawing public attention from such sticky matters as the fact that the king would persist in remarrying (awkward to crown Henry's numerous women in the traditional way) or, in the case of James II, that he was a Catholic (ditto).

There is still that sticky matter of beating teams at the Izod Center, where they are only 4-8 and squandered a 22-point lead against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday.

But there was also the sticky matter of the 17 years as a National Party MP, during which he rose through the party ranks while it committed some of the most unspeakable atrocities in recent times.

The always sticky matter of provenance was glossed over with tales of impecunious émigrés from the Russian Revolution — at a time when toppled aristocrats manned hotel doors throughout Europe — and amid expectations that lost works by Vermeer were bound to turn up, several having done so since his rediscovery by a French connoisseur in the eighteen-sixties.

Into this definition are packed many of the idiosyncrasies of James's approach to religion — his preference for feelings over ideas, his preoccupation with individual experience, his mistrust of religious institutions and his determination to sidestep the sticky matter of the reality of God.

But critics also point to the sticky matter, perceived or real, of privacy: Sites that offer free Internet access typically require subscribers to divulge a certain amount of personal and demographic information, and the subscribers usually must agree to allow the site to trace their activities on the Web.

Prof Steven Rowland from Plymouth University confirmed the sticky matter - which also affected hundreds of birds in February - was polyisobutene (PIB).

Vacuum filtration is proposed as suitable for the desorption of xylene from sticky matter (the combination of GNH powders and xylene).

(And doing so solely because they crave the applause of ideological allies. It's not like Ralph Hudgens has his own solution to the sticky matter of keeping people alive).

Senators were also considering using the bill as a vehicle to resolve other sticky financial matters, including a raise of the federal debt ceiling.

The pithing rod would now be saturated in sticky brain matter and Smith would wipe it clean with a cloth.