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Important balances have to be struck between human and technical contributions to care.

Only a few things struck me as out of place or incomplete.

A number of things struck me on going through these articles.

Indeed, the court has often struck down the administrative decisions.

I was struck by these writers' unswerving determination to cling to their ideas in the face of the evident contradictions they encountered in the countryside.

In practice, all kinds of balances were struck between these contending factors, but verbal explanations have been inadequate.

By analysing the natural frequency of oscillation of the beam when it struck an object, they were able to estimate the contact point.

Most participants saw a balance to be struck between the benefits of such monitoring, determined by level of need, and the perceived intrusion into privacy.

He was convinced, not because he wanted to be, but because the depositions struck him as devastating.

We introduced ourselves and struck up a conversation as we dined.

I was struck by the power of theatre.

Initially, that reply struck me as almost stereotypical in its combination of social superiority, condescension, and dismissiveness toward the interviewer.

There is a balance within the dialectic to be struck here.

What has struck me most is the capacity of the space to contain hugely diverse social relationships.

However, a more positive note was struck in relation to the system at the 2005 conference.

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