101.   The posting of losses is common among major banks internationally, and investors often see it as a quick way to balance their books.

102.   There was no mention of the widespread corruption by politicians and the burgeoning state sector payroll that perennially prevented Argentina from balancing its books.

103.   When its cash flow went down the drain, a small hotel resorted to laundering dirty money to balance its books.

104.   After the issue, Eurotunnel will have some four billion francs to make ends meet until it balances its books.

105.   At the moment the TV station is balancing its books without making any profit.

106.   But economists believe Brown may have boxed himself into a corner, and that he will find it impossible to balance the books, unless he raises taxes.

107.   But they have not yet explained in detail how they intend to balance the books.

108.   The Republicans who control Congress have vowed to balance the books in seven years.

109.   To balance its books its needs tax revenues.

110.   Unless they balance their books, they face another and this time potentially fatal enforced relegation at the end of the season.