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

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1 If necessary use the decision-making exercise to weigh up the pros and cons of closely competing options as described previously .
2 These grey areas show the need for clear procedural guidance for staff , carefully thought out training courses from SSDs , and extensive links between social services and health authorities to enable workers to weigh up the needs of the child , parental concerns , and the real risk of transmission to others .
3 It could only be left to each Group Organiser to weigh up the pros and cons of the situation .
4 It 's impossible to generalise and it 's up to each farmer to weigh up the options which suit him best .
5 Reacting with a positive touch Peter Jones weighs up the prospects for the Lib Dems , who meet in Dunoon this weekend
6 However , the repetitive nature of this type of credit is in itself a barrier against its users weighing up the advantages of credit which does not involve weekly collection — and perhaps against them considering cash as an alternative .
7 Indeed as friend , colleague or relation , the listener has a choice of responses which were not available to her had the task merely instructed her to listen : she could , for instance , adopt a cool intellectual probing , helping the talker to weigh up the pros and cons , or she could set up emotional resistance to the idea .
8 Tim Russon weighs up the odds in Friday Feature
9 Eventually , the young officer weighed up the pros and contras and made the correct decision , for him and for yours truly , by delivering us to our front door .
10 I suppose I am in a good position to weigh up the prospects of the major contenders in today 's race , at least , and I have no hesitation in declaring my delight at being on Docklands Express .
11 This period balances the interest of the offeror to know as soon as possible the number of shareholders willing to accept its offer together with the amount of finance that it requires ; the interest of the target company not to have its business disrupted for too long ; and the interests of the shareholders in the target company to weigh up the merits of the bid .
12 She needed more time — time to think , time to weigh up the consequences .
13 The advantage of such an audit lies in its ability to produce a critical assessment of the organization 's marketing strengths and weaknesses , whilst at the same time weighing up the threats and opportunities posed by the external environment .
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