Would you like a slice of pitaya?

Who wants more bacon?

Tom buttered a slice of bread.

That's a delicate point.

What a subtle hint!

The dog has a keen scent.

This laptop computer is very thin.

Low level radiation is a really subtle issue.

Her exotic perfume has a subtle scent.

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.

Once they develop a taste for bacon and beer, you can't keep them away.

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.

What we understand as the instrumentality of science was, for Bacon, nothing but the other side of the scientific coin.

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.

Forest Service rangers set up a cage and put some bacon inside, soon catching and transporting the bear 30 kilometers into the wilderness.

In 2009, the UK produced 1.5 million barrels per day (bbl d) of oil and consumed 1.7 million bbl d.

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.

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

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

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

These days, Mr. Rosenthal still gets his regular order, but sometimes he'll switch things up with the bacon, egg and cheese on an everything bagel.

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.

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).

Sure, they may lustily eye a strip of bacon if they ever encounter one, maybe even pause to consider a side of ribs after seeing it on a television show, but on average the safest place for a pig is in a Muslim country.

But, while necessary, this strategy threatens to upset the delicate balance between private and public sector expansion that has underpinned China s expansion so far.

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.

But in deceiving ourselves into thinking that it is a moral imperative that the state impose order, we are joining the fashionable madmen, which is when the thin whine of hysteria can be heard.

They heard a shrill whistle in the distance, and after the two seconds' interval so familiar to sportsmen, another followed, and then a third, and after the third whistle came a cry.

It would be fair to call the Classic Salade Liegeoise (260) a crime against the Belgian people some sort of withered up iceberg lettuce, potato that was boiled some very long while ago, soggy Kenyan beans, overly hard pieces of bacon, plus, for some reason, pickled onion.

Financial interests opposed it vigorously at the time, viewing it as the thin end of a dangerous wedge, though they could not have guessed just how thick that wedge would eventually become.