current imbalance

collocation in English

meaningsofcurrentandimbalance

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current
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌr.ənt/
us
/ˈkɝː.ənt/
of the ...
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imbalance
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/
us
/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/
a situation in which two things that should be equal or that are normally equal ...
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(Definition ofcurrentandimbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcurrent imbalance

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We now offer empirical, analytic, and theoretical recommendations to redress thecurrentimbalance.
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Our proposals are aimed at modernising the law and redressing thecurrentimbalancethat exists in relation to individuals.
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Thecurrentimbalancebetween actual production levels and the maximum guaranteed quantities is the reason for the huge penalties borne by farmers.
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Thecurrentimbalancehas encouraged fuel tourism, which has economic and environmental ramifications.
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Thecurrentimbalanceis an historical anomaly.
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The opportunity must not be missed to redress thecurrentimbalanceduring this reform process.
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However, thecurrentimbalancein funding is one of the major obstacles to that vision.
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I understand the anxieties of those who express concern about acurrentimbalancein the process and about its underlying moral integrity.
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Raising the retirement age would simply exacerbate ourcurrentimbalance.
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It will help to even up the scales of justice and redress thecurrentimbalancethat requires too much of the prosecution and too little of the defence.
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Our reforms are intended to address thecurrentimbalancethat exists between landlords and their leaseholders, and to provide leaseholders with greater security and control over their own homes.
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So much current leaked along the length of the conductors' insulation that the breaker might trip with the slightest increase ofcurrentimbalance.
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I asked whether current imbalances showed that the underlying economic trends were more worrying.
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The proposed fiscal harmonisation aims to do away with current imbalances.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In fact, we would be much more likely to get a superstate, by stealth, if we persevered with the current mishmash of treaties and the current imbalances of power.
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In this respect, anything that helps correct the current imbalances is of benefit to everyone and certainly contributes to creating a multilateral system based on fairer and more equitable rules.
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