conventional balance

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meaningsofconventionalandbalance

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conventional
adjective
uk
/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/us
/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/
traditional ...
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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 ofconventionalandbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If it is, logically we should be working towards aconventionalbalanceto prevent a limited conventional war.
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That is, we must address it with regard to theconventionalbalance, the chemical balance and the imbalance with regard to short-range systems.
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Even this does not paint an accurate picture because it ignores vital factors in theconventionalbalance.
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This is not the only occasion on which we can debate theconventionalbalanceor imbalance.
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If that can be achieved, substantial cuts in conventional forces will be needed to provide a much betterconventionalbalance.
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Achieving a more stableconventionalbalancewill have many beneficial effects.
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That may mean that we shall have to pay a price to maintain theconventionalbalance.
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The clever manipulations and deceptive under-statements extend to theconventionalbalance.
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That would scarcely tilt theconventionalbalancein our favour.
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This achievement of aconventionalbalancewould vastly help to solve these other problems.
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It would be preferable to have theconventionalbalanceat a lower level as a result of successful negotiations on mutual and balanced force reductions.
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I trust that the review, with its own intelligence and information gathering facilities, will study especially the question of theconventionalbalance.
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In other words, would he not agree that it would be dangerous to agree on radical measures of nuclear disarmament without dealing with theconventionalbalance?
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Enough has been said today about theconventionalbalanceto save me from my usual role of detailing the enormousconventionalbalanceagainst us.
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