This laptop computer is very thin.

Low level radiation is a really subtle issue.

That's a delicate point.

What a subtle hint!

The dog has a keen scent.

Her exotic perfume has a subtle scent.

Burden sharing is a sensitive issue, for both NATO and the international community, and passions sometimes run high.

The ice is too thin to bear your weight.

The ice is too thin to skate on.

The ice is so thin that it won't bear your weight.

This bamboo is too thin to bear much weight.

And, yeah, the amazing part is that this superconductor that you see here is only half a micron thick. It's extremely thin.

This is why Tudor desperately needs a patina of democratic respectability.

The thin textile lasts for two seasons and is then disposed of as bulk waste.

The thin layer of gases that envelops the Earth is held in place by gravity.

So they built the blade of light, and it's a very thin ribbon of steel, the world's probably the flattest and thinnest suspension bridge there is, with cables that are out on the side.

At the mention of letters the lawyer pressed his lips together and gave vent to a high pitched sound of pity and contempt.

But the stakes are especially high in Nigeria, where Yar Adua embodies the country s delicate political balance.

Glass will adsorb water readily, which is why we see a thin film of water on recently washed drinking glasses.

'I will look,' he replied, and glancing at his desk he took up and handed her the thin square envelope of a telegram.

Much more volatile brown mustard seed, some white wine, a nose hit, much more delicate aromatics. And what do they do?

He who was so wise and astute in official affairs did not realize the insanity of such an attitude toward his wife.

The multipiece body (a thin layer of maple on top of two layers of Honduran mahogany) arrived in 1969.

But Xiaoying Tongxue had a more nuanced view, writing that eating dog meat isn't necessarily wrong, but inhumane slaughter practices are

In the morning the bright rising sun quickly melted the thin ice on the water and the warm air all around vibrated with the vapour given off by the awakening earth.

She asks Why wield a sledgehammer when you already have a specific weapon dealing with drunken behavior?

The temperature in Uranus' upper atmosphere is so cold that the methane condenses and forms a thin cloud layer which gives the planet its blue green appearance.

Physical characteristics A standard CD R is a thick disc made of polycarbonate about 120 mm (4.7 in) or 80 mm (3.150 in) diameter.

Turns out, they wander a lot. In fact, really a lot.

I'm very, very, very inspired by movies.

You can take it really, really far.

'Very, very badly.

I am very, very pleased.'

'I quite believe it, quite.

That is very, very, very important, she said.

The subtext to any literate Chinese was clear China may be my ancestral country, but I am a free man, free to choose my home.

Anna heard his high measured voice and did not miss a single word. Each word seemed to her false and grated painfully on her ear.

Definitions 1 international knot 1 nautical mile per hour (exactly), (exactly), (approximately), (approximately), (approximately).

So so cool!

It was really, really hot.

Yes very, very happy.

It will be very, very hot.

They're very, very good.

Tom's very, very good.

I'm very, very angry.