Glass is breakable.

The glass is fragile and transparent.

His health is fragile.

And it's a very fragile entity.

The little frail body the soft skin.

Democracy is a precious possession it is also a fragile one.

The label warns that the contents of the box are fragile.

The new government s fragile equilibrium only reinforces this sober interpretation.

Because he wanted to make that which was fragile safe. He wanted to make that which was unique ubiquitous. He wanted to make that which was expensive free.

Thinley put it simply We are each finite and fragile physical beings.

The Convention represents a delicate balance between the legitimate interests of all States in the oceans.

This is the pivot upon which the delicate equilibrium of the compromises to be found in the Convention must be balanced.

The cracking of the crust was caused by the expansion of Oberon by about 0.5 , which occurred in two phases corresponding to the old and young canyons.

Despite the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon, the risks of a widening war in the Middle East remain.

To put it bluntly, violating that fledgling trust will break the back of Russia's economic upswing.

We have experienced many anxious moments when it seemed that the fragile understanding between the parties had been hopelessly destroyed.

A number of critical issues were placing a great strain on the fragile situation on the ground.

The more hard man the man feels compelled to be, the weaker his ego is.

The air incursions elevate tension and disrupt the fragile calm along the Blue Line.

Over billions of years on a unique sphere, chance has painted a thin covering of life complex, improbable, wonderful and fragile.

But Turkish policymakers are keenly aware that the agreement may upend the Middle East s fragile balance of power.

We are concerned at the recent upsurge of violence, which has threatened to upset the delicate truce of the past few months.

Over billions of years on a unique sphere, chance has painted a thin covering of life complex, improbable, wonderful and fragile.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a bubble as anything fragile, unsubstantial, empty, or worthless a deceptive show.

Therefore, it is up to us to try to find the delicate and not easy balance between these three major areas of influence of the ATP.

It was also formed in part by a beaver dam at one end that held that whole ecosystem together in a very delicate balance.

This, in turn, would support fragile balance of payments positions throughout the region, potentially assisting with pervasive debt repayment problems.

They poured this money into a fragile state whose fiscal credibility ultimately rested on being bailed out by other euro members.

As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

However, the concessions to be granted to least developed countries under the WTO should take into consideration the special needs and fragile trade balances of developing countries.

But by far the worst thing we do to males, by making them feel that they have to be hard, is that we leave them with very fragile egos.

A fragile consensus for conciliation and an independent commission to investigate the facts opens a window for dialogue, but no one thinks the crisis has ended.

Virginia Woolf called the ideal of womanhood in this period The Angel in the House a retiring, fragile creature who could not withstand the rigors of the public arena.

Such attempts in the past have blocked the road to peaceful accommodation and might shake the delicate balance achieved through direct negotiations as well as harm the process.

The opening of a negotiating process whose results were unforeseeable could amount to a waste of resources and could also threaten the delicate compromises reached in the Commission.

As for the developing countries, their performance was uneven while Asia showed remarkable growth, economic recovery in Latin America was fragile and uncertain, and Africa continued to be mired in a deep crisis.

Yet Ethiopia may hesitate, owing to its fears that formally recognizing Somaliland s independence could undermine Somalia s fragile Western backed Transitional Federal Government.

This may upset the delicate balance which has been established by the Convention and which formed the basis for its acceptance by the land locked and geographically disadvantaged States.

The fragile rapprochement between the US and Russia may not hold, particularly if the US again insists breaking its recent helpful silence that Assad has no place at the negotiating table.

A fragile ceasefire remains in place in most parts of the contested region, but fighting continues to break out in some areas, and many worry that a new Russian backed offensive could soon be launched around the strategic port of Mariupol.

Efforts to absorb expenses without using the contingency fund were not helpful to the Organization, since they affected the fragile balance established by General Assembly resolution 58 270.

Our agenda strikes a delicate balance between the need for optimal utilization of scarce resources, on the one hand, and the equally imperative need to define the rights and duties of riparian States, on the other.

If forced to state a view, Russian diplomats stick to a standard line about implementing UN Security Council resolutions and the need for Security Council endorsement of any new actions against Iraq. Unlike other leading West European countries, President Putin and his government prefer to keep their heads down, reflecting their wish to nurture Russia's new and still fragile rapprochement with the US.

Unlike other leading West European countries, President Putin and his government prefer to keep their heads down, reflecting their wish to nurture Russia's new and still fragile rapprochement with the US.