"balance it against" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It means to compare or evaluate something in relation to something else. Example: When making a decision, it is important to balance it against all possible outcomes.
If they find one source of pollution at a refinery, for instance, they must balance it against hundreds of others.
The conversation gets even more complicated when we balance it against the fact that college students now say that being financially secure is their most important life goal.
The transport secretary, Philip Hammond, said he would "carefully consider" the report but would balance it against the possible damage to the drinks industry.
"We had to balance it against being able to keep officers in the patrol cars, and making sure we had enough officers on hand to answer emergency calls," said Assistant Chief Chief Bob Kanaski of San Diego.
This is because moral judgments are supposed to be a matter of simple consequentialism: you add up how much suffering you think is caused by an action and balance it against the amount of good.
As long-standing Arab nationalists and critics of Israeli policies, the NCB believes that Syria's chemical weapons should be restored to any new government that emerges after the civil war, Jonathan reports: "We want to expand the chemical weapons treaty to the whole Middle East and balance it against Israel's weapons of mass destruction," Nasser said.
He also seems aware that he has to continually refine what is modern while balancing it against the demands of an established label.
It is a complex process of analyzing your personal financial situation and balancing it against your goals and objectives.
Lord Anthony Lester told professors gathered in Washington, D.C. at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2013 meeting that the First Amendment goes too far in protecting speech instead of balancing it against reputation and privacy.
On balance, it is unclear whether vaccination against seasonal influenza results in a net increase or decrease in the absolute risk of a person acquiring GBS.
"Theoretically, the realists would predict that when you have a great power like the United States it would not be long before you had other great powers rising to challenge it or trying to balance against it," Rice said.
