1.   These small copper alloy balances had an inverted T-shaped beam supported from its centre by a suspension arm.

2.   This delicate balance had to be maintained.

3.   In assessing the advantages of the turnpikes, a balance has to be struck between contrasting contemporary opinions, and account taken of real possibility and unlikely occurrence.

4.   A fine balance has to be achieved between the definition of obligations and exclusion of liability.

5.   A balance has to be struck between cost and necessity.

6.   A balance sometimes has to be struck between free trade and such other legitimate aims as protecting the environment.

7.   But what finally tilted the balance against him had little to do with human rights or democracy.

8.   Now the balance has to shift.

9.   The March trade balance had little effects on Brazilian stocks.

10.   The spring-tape balance has a flexible steel tape encased in metal box.