5 sentences with 'balances'
Example sentences and phrases with the word balances and other words derived from it.
• « Despite this system of political "checks and balances", the satraps (rulers) appointed the new king from the royal family when the previous one died; sometimes they preferred to appoint weak-willed members of the royal family so that the satraps could enjoy more personal freedom. »
• « The highest ranks of the clergy came from noble families, so the church represented no checks and balances. »
• « Nor were there "checks and balances" to curb corruption, and for the Brezhnev era political connections were far more important than any kind of sincere devotion to Marxist theory. Thus, the kinds of decisions made by Soviet leaders were inspired by a pure and ruthless will to see results in a context of staggering inefficiency and corruption. »
• « The density of Uranus balances that of Jupiter and Saturn (which are less dense) with that of the Earth and Moon (denser). »
• « Fearing the possibility of tyranny with only one group in power, he suggested a system of checks and balances in which three separate branches of government - executive, legislative, and judicial - would maintain a balance of power. He also proposed that each state remain sovereign, as its own republic. »