balancing the books
Example Sentences
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NHS managers said they were between a "rock and a hard place" trying to juggle balancing the books with tackling the hospital backlog, which currently stands at 7.4 million.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
Since winning power in a landslide last summer, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his finance minister Rachel Reeves have made balancing the books a priority.
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
Since winning power in a landslide last summer, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his finance minister Rachel Reeves have made balancing the books a priority.
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
Among the £1.7bn worth of talent brought in, albeit with sizeable player sales balancing the books, they have unearthed several gems.
From BBC • May 28, 2025
Two days before this date, my Scotch book-keeper came to me to report that in balancing the books he was out the small sum of 1_s_.
From Canada and the States by Watkin, E. W. (Edward William)
