1.   But that is a delicate operation.

2.   Security codes covering delicate operations have - even as we stand here - been altered.

3.   The twins were joined together at birth and had to be separated in a very delicate operation.

4.   They discussed the technicalities of this delicate operation for some time.

5.   This can be a delicate operation since it is desirable that this card fill most of its allotted area.

6.   We searched far and wide for a surgeon who could perform that delicate operation.

7.   Consultant neurosurgeon Fred Nath, who carried out the delicate operation yesterday free of charge at Middlesbrough General Hospital, said the next few days would be important.

8.   The skill of swapping fuel in mid-air is a delicate operation and scores of pilots depend on the flying tankers from Brize.

9.   The Syrian Foreign Minister emerged to predict a release within a few hours, underlining that such a delicate operation is being handled jointly both by Syria and Iran.

10.   Although quietly backed by some senior Navy officers, this was an exceptionally delicate operation to subvert White House and Pentagon policy.