reasonable balance

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reasonable
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
based on or using good judgment and therefore fair ...
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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 ofreasonableandbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Like everything else in life, it is a balance - and determining areasonablebalancetakes constant effort and attention.
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It has also become clear that not all new technologies bring about health improvements or show areasonablebalancebetween patient benefits and costs.
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The work exercises the dilemmas (though perhaps at unnecessary length) and outlines the alternative scenarios and does so with areasonablebalanceof description and analyses.
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I think she has managed to come up with areasonablebalancewithin our committee in what almost became, on occasions, an ideological debate.
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In matters of this kind areasonablebalanceclearly has to be maintained.
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We feel that these safeguards, taken together, strike areasonablebalancebetween indissoluble union and over-easy divorce.
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However, the key is thereasonablebalancestipulated in new clause 32(3)(b).
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I believe that areasonablebalancecan be found between trade liberalisation and environmental protection and animal welfare.
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I would agree that there must be an attempt to keep areasonablebalance.
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Quite clearly, they can only do their best to strike areasonablebalancebetween these various considerations.
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That leaves a fairlyreasonablebalancefor our own farms.
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I also suggest that we are at the present time striking areasonablebalance.
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Using our basis, we were able to strike areasonablebalancebetween the price of electricity and a return for shareholders.
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We have had to strike areasonablebalancebetween these two contending forces.
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We have aimed to strike areasonablebalancebetween the interests of taxpayers and the interests of people seeking information under the code of practice.
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It means that councils must strike areasonablebalancebetween the various interests in their communities.
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There will be central control, with the idea of trying to get areasonablebalancebetween the under-privileged and better-off areas of the country.
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Nevertheless, this particular figure is one which strikes a veryreasonablebalance.
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It is important that we strike areasonablebalancebetween the needs of forestry and those of the environment.
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It enables areasonablebalanceto be drawn between the different interests involved.
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