Sentence examples for balanced ahead of from inspiring English sources

"It is quite nice to have that relaxed feeling, that it's not the be all and end all," he said, comparing the current 3-0 cushion to the knife-edge on which the last two home series balanced ahead of The Oval climax.

Ronaldo scored Real's goal in the 1-1 drat athehe Bernabeu that leaves the last 16 tie delicately balanced ahead of Tuesday's second leg.

As full-time approached Bothroyd failed to finish and in a scrappy finale neither side could find the breakthrough, leaving the tie finely balanced ahead of the second leg at the Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday 17 May.

Danny Welbeck gave United an early lead before a magnificent header from former United forward Cristiano Ronaldo left the last-16 tie delicately balanced ahead of the second leg at Old Trafford on 5 March.

A conservative coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats had essentially controlled that body since the late 1930s, and they put budget balance ahead of tax reduction.

The White House has been trying to strike a delicate balance ahead of the November elections that will be dominated by the weak economy.

Now it all comes down to numbers for Joe Lieberman, whose status in Congress hangs in the balance ahead of today's secret vote by 50 Democratic senators.

To avoid such a scenario, however, borrowers generally put money toward their principal balance ahead of time, or refinance out of the loan before a full payment is due.

At a briefing, the United States ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad, said an operation involving 2,000 soldiers in the south and east of the country that started a week ago was part of an effort to knock the insurgents off balance ahead of the conference.

The tie is in the balance ahead of next Saturday's return leg at Carrow Road.

The result means the tie remains in the balance ahead of the second leg at Atletico's Vicente Calderon on 17 March.