For some wives and mothers, it may just
tip the balance between carrying on with a tiresome job, or opting to stay at home and become a full-time mum.
But Old Eds struck twice in the space of ten minutes, fly-half Tim Whitehouse crossing between the posts for Tim Bates to add the conversion to his earlier penalty before replacement wing Martin Perry added a second try, and although Smitham put over another penalty in the closing minutes it was too late to
tip the balance their way.
Manatee-conscious management efforts like those in Crystal River and Blue Spring have paid off, he says, "but these numbers show that it's very easy to
tip the balance in a negative way."
The vote could
tip the balance of power in the knife-edge council.
One in 10 Labour voters staying at home could
tip the balance.
Dave Beattie's solid strike was enough to
tip the balance against a resilient Black Horse who played their part in an entertaining tussle.
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS are hoping this is the year to
tip the balance of power on Warwick District Council.
Queens coach Andy McGlennan, who takes his side to Dingwall, reckons the supporters could
tip the balance in their favour.
"That difference," Morris says, "might
tip the balance between a plant population that's viable over the long term or [one that's] declining."
A face-lift, a decent hair-do and designer clothes may be all it takes to
tip the balance when you're desperate for votes!
His side came very close at home to Castleford Tigers last weekend (they eventually lost 34-22 after leading 16-12 at half-time), and he is hoping that playing on such a big stage against the Giants on Sunday will
tip the balance his side's way.
Keith Cooper,project manager at the Environment Agency, said:``It's time to
tip the balance on fly-tipping.
Fly-half Ben Shepherd kept Walsall in touch with a penalty, and the 21-year-old was the architect of their second-half revival with a long break from his own half to set up a try for centre Terry Finn before kicking two penalties in the final quarter to
tip the balance.
But I understand that Gers defender Bjorklund has been raving about Rangers to the Swedish skipper - and that could
tip the balance in favour of the Ibrox club.
Herre studies how small changes in the damage done by tiny nematode worms to the wasps they prey on-another example of virulence-can
tip the balance among worms, wasps, the figs that the wasps pollinate, and the fruit bats that eat the figs.