Sentence examples for is a counterweight from inspiring English sources

"This group is important because it is a counterweight to the local electeds," Mr. Cross said.

Mr Bakker's church may never amount to a revolution, but it is a counterweight to the harsher sorts of fundamentalism.

As Mishra stated: "India is a counterweight, at least in the fantasies of western strategists, to China".

The film belongs to Liza Minnelli, whose poignant vulnerability is a counterweight to all the grim cynicism.

For Iran, Syria is a counterweight to any Sunni resurgence in Iraq, as well as the conduit to Hizbullah, its client Shiite pseudo-state in Lebanon.

America's interest has always been less in such a pact than in a strong, friendly India that is a counterweight to China.

But to be a counterweight would be counterproductive.

The EEU was supposed to be a counterweight to the European Union and the West.

(Curling, added in 1998, appears to be a counterweight to all the infused chaos).

Mr Chirac wants Europe to be a counterweight to the Americans.

Scotland would be a counterweight to London's huge, overbearing influence over the British economy.