fragile balance
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffragileandbalance
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fragile
adjective
uk/ˈfrædʒ.aɪl/us/ˈfrædʒ.əl/
A fragile object is easily damaged ...
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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 offragileandbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is compatible with how interviewees explained thefragilebalancebetween drawing conclusions about the strength of the evidence and defining what should be done with findings.
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A majority of respondents, with and without children, talked about the arrival of children as having the most potential to upset the sometimesfragilebalancethat had been achieved.
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I would like to assure you that in this case we managed to strike this veryfragilebalance.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This is the essential but, alas,fragilebalancethat we seek.
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Thefragilebalancebetween security and freedom must be maintained.
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But the pressures are always there and it is afragilebalance, especially when there are high land values.
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It compromises the alreadyfragilebalancebetween individual freedom and the ever-increasing arbitrary powers of the state, and it encourages racial discrimination and social division.
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That is afragilebalance, but he must endeavour to maintain it.
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Any increase in the stock of farm animals will result in grazing pressures which will damage thefragilebalanceon the moorland.
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The activities of tractor dredgers and, to some extent, other fishing activities, obviously upset thefragilebalancewhich exists within the eco-system.
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However, there is a morefragilebalancein rural areas than elsewhere.
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There is afragilebalanceat this time.
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The result has been a much greater awareness of thefragilebalanceof nature and of the responsibility that we owe to those who will come after us.
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Modern technology let loose and our fish-hungry neighbours have combined to ravage our seas and upset thefragilebalanceof nature's marine life.
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We needed to establish afragilebalancebetween obvious advantages in terms of fire safety and equally proven disadvantages in some cases in terms of health and the environment.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
At the same time, arbitrary use of the power of prorogation can unbalance the veryfragilebalanceof power that exists between the different parts of government.
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Wikipedia
In this role, however, the jobber's power rested on the maintenance of fragile balances, so that his apparent strengths concealed important and deep-seated weaknesses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The path to development is still long, and we must not endanger these fragile balances.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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