Example sentences of "weigh up the [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Tonight 's AGM will weigh up the relative merits of two businessmen , John Kerr and Robert Fleeting , to assume control at Rugby Park .
2 In the final analysis , organizations have to weigh up the anticipated benefits of particular media against the costs involved .
3 If we try to weigh up the two sets of complaints , bearing in mind the greater need of the people in the Exodus passage , we might say that honours , or dishonours , are about even .
4 Here again organizations have to weigh up the relative gains of this approach against the extra costs .
5 Emma Pearce explores the creative options offered by oils , and weighs up the latest products on the market .
6 Emma Pearce explores the creative options offered by oils , and weighs up the latest products on the market .
7 The point is that preference rules give a justification for choosing any well-formed grouping structure which the circumstances of the text seem to warrant ; they provide a guide to weighing up the various claims of syntax , informational focus , prosodic shape and so on .
8 And the Government is likely to spend the Christmas break weighing up the political options before deciding what to do next .
9 Critics have argued that QALY theory is attractive as long as we are considering one person who is weighing up the likely outcomes with different treatments .
10 ‘ It is essential that all decisions are made with the child 's best interests at heart and agencies must perform a careful balancing act , weighing up the known disadvantages of a smoking environment with the positive qualities a particular family has to offer , ’ said Marion Miles , chairwoman of BAAF 's medical group .
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