careful balance

collocation in English

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careful
adjective
uk
/ˈkeə.fəl/us
/ˈker.fəl/
giving a lot of attention to what you are doing so that you do not have an accident, make a mistake, or ...
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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 ofcarefulandbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each individual chapter offers, however, a generously informative and insightful analysis, making acarefulbalancebetween close reading and sociohistorical contextualization.
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In designing a shared facility that will replace separate ones, acarefulbalancemust be maintained between flexible, shared spaces and highly specialised, single-purpose spaces.
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There is acarefulbalanceto be struck between requiring people to know enough without requiring them to know everything.
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Barbarotta's libretto is painstaking in thecarefulbalanceof its themes.
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Another priority is of course to strike acarefulbalanceso as to preserve a dynamic link between mitigation and adaptation.
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Acarefulbalancehas been kept between salmon fishers and breeders, but in the last two years that balance has been going.
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In that capacity, he has to maintain the mostcarefulbalance.
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Acarefulbalancehas to be maintained in that respect.
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I entirely accept his point that we must strike acarefulbalancehere.
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Many arguments will be advanced on both sides, and it needs acarefulbalanceas to what is to be done.
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The whole approach that we have taken in the pharmacy strategy is to draw acarefulbalance.
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We attempt to strike acarefulbalancebetween the need for effective regulation and the legitimate expectations of those involved in the industry.
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The proposals announced strike acarefulbalancebetween the need to stimulate the insurance market, and the need to protect owner occupiers.
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The amendment strikes acarefulbalancebetween the need to preserve the rights of the director and to be effective.
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My noble friend's amendments would cut across that approach and destroy thecarefulbalancethat we have sought to achieve.
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We must have acarefulbalancebetween what is a foolhardy activity and an acceptable risk.
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Acarefulbalanceneeds to be struck—that has been a vital aspect of our discussions.
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I think that he would agree that thecarefulbalancethat has been struck between self-regulation and central supervision has stood the test of time.
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The achievement of thatcarefulbalanceis the key factor.
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He has alerted us to thecarefulbalancethat needs to be drawn between the interests of children and the interests of the individual concerned.
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