The arrangement was approved by state and city health officials in the mid-1980's as part of a delicate compromise.

This way of looking at causal laws is a delicate compromise.

She pulled the neck of her dress lower, looked at herself in a mirror, and raised it slightly again - a delicate compromise.

Modifying the law now would upset the delicate compromise between public interest and special privilege that made tax reform possible.

In real life this delicate compromise is impossible to achieve.

When lifelong enemies embrace, and each ties his political future to the successful working out of a delicate compromise, peace has a rare chance.

Only thus can they arrive at the delicate compromises by which Italian democracy survives.

The reason for this is that a controversial, delicate compromise had to be found between all the interests covered by the directive.

Inevitably, some delicate compromises have had to be struck, for example in the trade sector.

The new arrangement was not a clear victory for either side but a delicate compromise.