It's a very delicate question.

He was a weak and delicate child.

Now the army is faced with the delicate and arduous task of steering the country back onto a path toward elections and a rapid return to democratic rule. We must hope that they can do this without further bloodshed.

They're just so, so delicate.

Still, the situation is delicate.

Indeed, the situation in the region is at a delicate crossroads.

This was a massive and, at the same time, very delicate operation.

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.

Allow me now to take up a very delicate issue, even if reluctantly.

The Committee had certainly discussed at length what was a very delicate issue.

He creates these fine, delicate images which he then repeats on a massive scale.

But it's a broad and very delicate subject, so I have to limit myself.

And fields and palm trees, with delicate tendrils?

And fields and palm trees, with delicate tendrils?

As if they were delicate eggs, well protected.

As if they were delicate eggs, well protected.

As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded.

As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded.

It can pick up very delicate objects like a raw egg, or in this case, a lightbulb.

Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Keeping the universe very, very smooth at early times is not easy it's a delicate arrangement.

Because of this, we recognize that a delicate balance must be struck between growth and conservation .

I'm going to show this robot a task. It's a very complex task.

so delicate as the hidden peel under an egg's shell.

so delicate as the hidden peel under an egg's shell.

Delicate because the tolerances the team were working to were tiny just a few millimetres either way.

Then, of course, there is the Burmese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. The daughter of the founder of independent Burma, Suu Kyi is now engaged in perhaps the most delicate task of her remarkable political career trying to engineer a true democratic transition from decades of military dictatorship.

(Delicate and pure) as if they were (hidden) eggs (well) preserved.

(Delicate and pure) as if they were (hidden) eggs (well) preserved.

This is a system that relies on kindness and trust, which also makes it very delicate and vulnerable.

Again, a daunting task.

It's a big task.

Europe as a Task

Indeed she is young and beautiful, but she is in delicate health.

Durable, engineered, permanent those are in opposition to idiosyncratic, delicate and ephemeral.

You have heightened brain activity when you're doing a comparable task, when that one task is creative and the other task is memorized.

Resolution 1593 (2005) establishes a delicate balance allowing the Court and the Security Council to fulfil their responsibilities in a coordinated manner.

They extend long and delicate branches, and in short, they look like trees.

Subtle maneuvering of the hands is required to perform delicate tasks like this.

The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

It's about 300 feet wide, the size of a football field, and it sits on just four very delicate columns.

Mr. Mansour (Observer for Palestine) commended the draft report, which dealt accurately and sensitively with a number of delicate issues.