1.   Add to that the tenuous nature of the informal support networks that low-wage single mothers rely upon, she said.

2.   Critics say this is clear proof of the tenuous nature of any promise of confidentiality.

3.   Does she not grasp the tenuous nature of life in this nervous metropolis, the constant risk of death at the hands of nature run amok?

4.   If a biographer wanted to write about a spectacular comeback from notoriety to respectability, and the tenuous nature of comebacks, a good subject might be nicotine.

5.   It was only a temporary setback for Globalstar, a San Jose company, but it revealed the tenuous nature of getting satellite telephone service off the ground.

6.   It will mean re-educating consumers to understand the tenuous nature of energy supplies, requiring an even broader approach than that sketched by the Bush task force.

7.   That tenuous nature of the direction actually adds a tension to the plot that goes beyond the narrative elements.

8.   This appeared to underline the tenuous nature of the pact, but several opposition leaders denied that.

9.   Despite the tenuous nature of the peace that NATO soldiers are trying to keep, Clinton sounded upbeat throughout the whirlwind trip.

10.   Despite the tenuous nature of the peace U.S. soldiers are trying to keep, Clinton sounded upbeat.