There's a motion sensor in the corner.

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 sensor is just a little strip of metal in that headband there.

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.

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.

An example is a sensor having a switch approximately 1.5 nanometers across, capable of counting specific molecules in a chemical sample.

Underneath my heel, there is a sensor that detects when my foot leaves the ground what's called the heel lift.

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

For example, the same Willard Boyle developed a small light sensor in 1969, during his work in optics.

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.

And we'll place an acoustic tag that says, OMSHARK 10165, or something like that, acoustically with a ping.

'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.

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

And if you walk faster, if I walk faster, it detects what's called the time interval, which is the interval between each heel lift.

Under a different load, it's a different structure. And you can actually exploit that by putting in a very small number of conducting fibers to actually make it a sensor.

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

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.

This sensor, although this was not at all the original intention, now serves as an eye to all digital cameras worldwide, and earned him the Nobel physics prize in 2009.

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).

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.

And then with a lot of effort, after tagging, putting in the computer, making sure the stalk is sticking out so it senses the environment, we send this fish back into the sea.

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.

It's a color sensor that detects the color frequency in front of me and sends this frequency to a chip installed at the back of my head, and I hear the color in front of me through the bone, through bone conduction.

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.