The question, with all its subtle implications, cut.
It is a shift, though, that some people feel could have subtle but profound implications for the scientists at the labs.
But with the election just 10 months away, it was inevitable that the speech would be dissected for its subtle political implications.
"There was a subtle implication that if we didn't allow the club to continue, there'd be legal action," she said.
There was a dry note in the last words, a subtle implication that Collier could not define.
Also avoid jumping to conclusions, exaggerating or making subtle implications.
This is a cracking good story with subtle, and some quite clear, implications.
But analysts say the change has important if subtle implications for relations with China.
Though it is fundamental to nearly every audio component, not many buyers give much thought to its subtler implications.
There were far more subtle implications to the deal than a simple trade.