Example sentences of "be weighed against the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The common clinical experience of diagnosing two ( or occasionally more ) affected boys simultaneously in a single family has to be weighed against the availability of prenatal diagnosis in future pregnancies once the first case has been identified . |
| 2 | The policies of continuity of treaty relationships and the predictability provided by the ordering of international affairs through the conclusion of treaties , which favour succession , have to be weighed against the independence and equality of new States which wish to be freed from all legal ties concluded before independence . |
| 3 | But no system can wholly protect fools from their own folly or from the knavery of others , and the advantages of trying to do so as fully as possible have to be weighed against the disadvantages of imposing fetters on business conducted honestly and efficiently . |
| 4 | Questions of loyalty had to be weighed against the likelihood of my neurological meltdown . |
| 5 | Some traders voice concern about such on-and-off closure of security gates , but a senior officer said this had to be weighed against the level of threat . |
| 6 | One of the difficulties that the senior police officer must consider when deciding whether or not disruption is serious is that , if it seems likely that very large numbers of marchers will be involved , the strength of public support in favour of the particular cause must be weighed against the degree of disruption caused . |
| 7 | However , this must be weighed against the possibility that the island is a false peak , i.e. it scores well but is in fact incorrect . |
| 8 | At least there are benefits to be weighed against the costs ! |
| 9 | This might well help bring perpetrators of abuse to justice , and help protect any future children in a family , but these benefits must be weighed against the risks to vulnerable and suggestible suspects . |
| 10 | I would say though erm that erm if we were faced with er significant erm office er proposals that generated er generated a significant number of jobs then er the environmental issues would be weighed by the policies in the plan and er they would need to be weighed against the job creation . |
| 11 | They flourish in part because the benefit of limited liability must be weighed against the need for legal formalities in the formation , running and closure of companies , amongst other burdens which operating as a company brings ( e.g. publication of accounts ) . |