Sentence examples for close to balanced from inspiring English sources

"I'd like to be close to balanced.

The commission's president, Romano Prodi, said members' budgets should be at or close to balanced by 2006 at the latest.

If we could get trade close to balanced it would raise output to near full employment.

The trade denialists would have us believe that if we had something close to balanced trade, we could produce another trillion dollars a year worth of manufactured goods without employing any workers.

Despite the City facing a half-a-billion dollar deficit, Newsom said he had a "balanced budget with no taxes and no borrowing" which "doesn't come close" to balancing it on the backs of Public Health (DPH) or Human Services HSAA).

The federal budget is close to balance.

Earlier this year, they promised to bring their budgets "close to balance" by 2004.

The current account is close to balance, as is the budget before interest payments.

But while Chicago and downstate come close to balancing out, they do not do so exactly.

When the second rescue was approved, Greece looked close to balancing its primary budget.

These factors came close to balancing out, but Mr. Romney gained about 10 delegates on net.