Sentence examples for awkward balancing from inspiring English sources

US support is more problematic, as Obama performs an awkward balancing act.

All else being equal, higher levels of capital mean lower returns on equity.That leaves regulators with an awkward balancing act.

As the Maoists strive to cast themselves as law-abiding leaders, word and deed reflect an awkward balancing act.

But the fuss this week underscored the awkward balancing act for Mr. Obama, whose administration refused to refund federal estate taxes to an 83-year-old lesbian even though he thought it was wrong not to.

Of the 23,000 people in its international consumer-finance division, fewer than 200 are American; every national consumer-finance business bar one is run by a local.This switch will leave an awkward balancing act for Mr Welch's successor.

Hibben's lament captured the sport's awkward balancing act — The New Yorker's archives reveal how trainers, owners, and fans lived its contradictions: they watched because they loved the horses, and they bet and bought and sold because they loved the money.

Yet partnerships still face the awkward balance between bonuses and payments to owners.

The awkward balance between mind and matter, academics and ambition, doesn't pervert college's native mission.

The Court struck an awkward balance between freedoms of speech and religion, one that in this instance disadvantaged a small but visible and persecuted sect.

The temple's history is entwined with that of the Dalai Lama, which makes for an awkward balance between celebrating the past and ignoring the present.

The opening movement of Tippett's Divertimento on "Sellinger's Round" (1954) was briefly marred by awkward balances and imprecise ensemble.