Sentence examples for this delicate position from inspiring English sources

12...Bd6 13 Bg5 If 13 BlackQxd6 Black is far too close to attacking the pawn and the queen is very comfortable on d6. 13 Be3 was also conceivable but in this delicate position tempi are of vital importance so Topalov played this annoying bishop move which gains a tempo unless Black is prepared to countenance the weakening...f6...f6

That notion put Santa in the delicate position of sending mixed signals.

Now it is in the delicate position of judging the environmental merits of his project.

That is putting Dubai in the delicate position of having to turn to wary financial markets to raise money.

The reluctance to talk about the platform reflects the delicate position that Mr. Romney is in when it comes to abortion policy.

But the crackdown also put those security services in the delicate position of being seen as carrying out Israel's bidding against their fellow citizens.

A resident Western diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the delicate position of envoys here, reported the words of one foreign ministry official: "Yes, this is something big".

The proposed closing had been submitted to the State Health Department for approval, putting the Cuomo administration in the delicate position of shutting a popular hospital in the face of aggressive protest from powerful labor unions like 1199 SEIU and the New York State Nurses Association.

As the week's death toll in Egypt rises, this alliance has put Israel in a delicate position.

By putting off payments to creditors, treasurers can conserve cash and thus reduce their reliance on nervous bankers.All this puts in-house debt-collection teams in a delicate position.

All of this puts Mr Noda, who blithely calls himself the "no sides" politician, in a delicate position.