The phrase "a thorough and balanced" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is comprehensive and fair, often in the context of analysis, reporting, or evaluation.
Example: "The report provided a thorough and balanced overview of the issues at hand, ensuring that all perspectives were considered."
Alternatives: "comprehensive and impartial" or "detailed and equitable."
A thorough and balanced assessment has taken place on areas of concern that will form the basis of actions to be taken as a result of special measures.
(By the way, a New York Times article published Sunday does an excellent job of examining the claims and facts about bioengineered food, in a thorough and balanced way, by following a Hawaii councilman's journey to learn as much of the truth as he can about such food before voting on the topic).
For example, health information on television could be interpreted equally as a health theme in a situation comedy, a brief story on the evening news, or a thorough and balanced documentary.
On the other hand, it may be easier to offer a thorough and balanced presentation of the data about and the background to the illness by writing rather than through direct contact with a doctor or counsellor.
These committees find that the participation of patients and next of kin in the discussions adds important, sometimes vital information, and that the description of the situation given by the clinicians may not be sufficient for a thorough and balanced discussion [ 6, 7].
In a statement, ODNI spokesman Shawn Turner said the renewal of the order under Section 215 of the Patriot Act had been declassified "to provide the public a more thorough and balanced understanding of the program".
The announcement flowed, the statement said, from the decision to declassify aspects of the metadata grab "in order to provide the public with a more thorough and balanced understanding of the program".
Expanded and updated to account for the appeal of intelligent design and the global spread of creationism, The Creationists offers a thorough, clear, and balanced overview of the arguments and figures at the heart of the debate.
...a particularly important, thorough, and balanced account, a major contribution to the history of early computing, and certainly required reading for any student of the subject.
This is precisely what makes the thorough and balanced The Peace Puzzle such an indispensable work for our understanding of past failures and the lessons to be drawn from them". "This is a superb account of the Arab-Israeli peace process.
SIR - Your briefing on the Russian-Georgian conflict is the most thorough and balanced I have encountered in the non-specialist media.
