The phrase
"to tip the balance" means to cause a small change that has a big impact, often shifting a situation or outcome in one's favor.
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But I think what
tips the balance in favour of a fixed rate these days is that the price you pay for certainty is incredible low.
In other words, a great deal is within your control, so don't forget to focus on the big picture, and continually make choices that keep
tipping the balance toward protection.
True, but by that rationale, you could also switch to a green energy program at home, which
tips the balance back in favor of staying put.
The desire for profit is clearer and has long been the decisive factor that
tips the balance for many to go into business for themselves.
Perhaps they need two or three preferred directors to
tip the balance on the board... that's at least a couple of years away.
Using any of those however still
tips the balance away from being able to justify the trip because of energy savings.
Problems often arise when the proportion of healthy bacteria in the gut is somehow challenged or is presented with a circumstance that
somehow tips the balance in favor of unhealthy bacteria.
Fire
tips the balance Global climate change moves slowly, advancing by parts per million of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere or fractions of a degree Celsius.
These days, when we have to work a little harder to surround ourselves with sustaining goodness, API helps
parents tip the balance.
But those shopping for pre-owned luxury, may find the warranty and low financing
costs tip the balance in favour of certified used.
Now new evidence, some researchers and policymakers say,
tips the balance in favor of the benefits.
The pro-Republican effort will no doubt be appreciated in certain GOP circles, as long as Cuomo, unlike Eliot Spitzer, doesn't reach into the Senate majority conference to create a vacancy in hopes of
tipping the balance of power back in Democratic hands.
But a dangerous crime lord / demon from Hell (Russell Crowe) intends on stopping his former protégé from completing the miracle for fear that it will
tip the balance between good and evil.
Whatever was being planned, it would
not tip the balance of power in the Syrian civil war one way or another.
But so was his greatness, which might've
just tipped the balance of this taut series in Pittsburgh's direction for good.
Optimal body composition even optimal neurological functioning can be augmented
by tipping the balance in favor of one versus the other.
Earlier animal studies found that fucose can help
tip the balance against commensal bacteria when pathogens including Escherichia coli and Campylobacter jejuni start spreading in the gut.
«Yes, that does help
tip the balance so Assad can see he can't win this by military means alone.»
«Although we must be careful in drawing this conclusion, as other factors, such as increased virulence of bacterial pathogens [in warmer] conditions may
well tip the balance for corals the other way.»
My hope was simply to get them thinking about broader patterns that might offer hints of
what tips the balance from violent weather to utter calamity.
But their mere existence
does tip the balance away from Street Fighter's traditional reliance on skill (and spamming fireballs).
So, even though Life Settlement companies portray themselves as offering s service and giving people money where they might not have any, they have also
tipped the balance from the right proportion of good healthy conversions to an imbalance that has put companies in a precarious situation.
However, he adds that «having two parents who are seriously psychiatrically ill» may
also tip the balance of sanity in a vulnerable son or daughter, regardless of their genes.
Arbitrators Weigh In: What
really tips the balance in discipline cases, Lancaster House Human Rights and Labour Law Conference, Ottawa, November 9, 2018
This would
tip the balance more sharply toward viewing new medical tests, drugs, and procedures as non-essential, with higher out - of - pocket costs leading more patients and their doctors to wrongly conclude that the medical benefits of these less familiar treatments won't outweigh their expense.
In systems that have a threshold, or switch, a little bit of noise whether from solar variability or something else, can
tip the balance once you get near the transition point.
Western intervention has prevented the Benghazi - based rebels opposing him from being overrun, but not
tipped the balance decisively in their favour.
Environmental regulatory requirements may have been the straw that broke a baseload's camel's back — particularly for coal plants — but it appears that most baseload plants were already burdened by the effects of low natural gas prices, eroding customer demand, and lower capacity factors before the incremental burden of new regulations
tipped the balance over to retirement.»
For convenience, I list the year in column A, the Total Real Dividend Income in column B and the
Real TIPS Balance in column D. I enter the withdrawal amounts (or Real Retiree Income) in column C.
I've seen it take place first hand; and know that when you set your heart to something — despite the possible obstacles and difficulties there may be, or the fact that the odds are clearly not in your favor — the very act of committing to making it work will
tip the balance closer to you.
A unified party and a special election on April 24 could
finally tip the balance of power back into Democrats» hands.
They offer us their knowledge and push us to strive for excellence; they
often tip the balance between loving and loathing a subject.
«For Homo sapiens language
tips the balance as to what meaning is emphasized and what meaning is believed to be intended in these testing situations.»
With Caucus, Rauschenberg pays homage to Castelli's decisive role at the center of the group of artists, art dealers, and critics who
together tipped the balance of power and prestige in the art world from Europe to America in the 1960s.
But the M3
tips the balance with its available double clutch transmission, and the fact that it is about to get a completely redesigned electronics interface and hard - drive - based navigation.
With access to a variety of exclusive weaponry and equipment, your actions will
tip the balance during the most dangerous time period mankind has ever known.