proper balance

collocation in English

meaningsofproperandbalance

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proper
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒp.ər/us
/ˈprɑː.pɚ/
real, satisfactory, suitable, ...
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balance
noun
uk
/ˈbæl.əns/us
/ˈbæl.əns/
a state where things are of equal weight ...
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(Definition ofproperandbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofproper balance

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Apart from the convergence requirement, the key to efficiency is aproperbalanceof global and local search.
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Education was a programme of judicious exercise to ensure that aproperbalancewas achieved between man's faculties.
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A true community is established only by finding theproperbalancebetween individual and social interests.
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The challenge, for example, of finding aproperbalancebetween protecting children and addressing their welfare needs is clearly illuminated here.
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Two provisos must be added to put language learning in theproperbalance.
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Greater engagement of the public is required, to negotiate aproperbalanceof creativity and protectionism.
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For copyright law cases, for example, it is hard to predict theproperbalancebetween strong laws that encourage production and less stringent protections that favor dissemination and consumption.
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To determine theproperbalancebetween the two seemingly conflicting goals of environmental conservation and economic growth, it is necessary to investigate the effects of environmental regulations on firms' productivity.
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We owe it to them to restore aproperbalance.
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It also strikes aproperbalancewith the rights of citizens and consumers.
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Aproperbalancehas been found whereby train drivers and other staff with a direct involvement in safety are covered.
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In such a case one might not get aproperbalance.
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That is surely drawing up aproperbalancesheet.
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This will include consideration of ways of ensuring that there is aproperbalancebetween modes.
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Clauses 3 to 6 govern the administration of the licensing system with the object of holding aproperbalancebetween the interests of all concerned.
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It is not that they must maintain an absolute balance in their subject matter, but only that they should maintain aproperbalance.
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The surest way to facilitate aproperbalanceis to allow the local authority, which knows all the local circumstances, to make a local judgment.
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Adjustments will be made in accordance with aproperbalanceof priorities within the programme.
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They must aim for accuracy and ensure that, over a reasonable period of time, aproperbalanceof different points of view is achieved.
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We have every reason to believe that, with aproperbalanceof incentives, we can complete that work.
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