I think this may be the sentence Antonia meant to write. In accordance with the perception of participants, members of the other party sometimes used extremely manipulative approaches based on the balance of forces which are rarely on the side

"Quite beautiful" is not, well, quite as strong as "very beautiful". If I am to hold a beauty contest, a quite beautiful girl may score 7/10 while a very beautiful one can score as high as 9/10.

For writings, try "average, fair, middling" and for an informal conversation try "middle-of-the pack, so-so, run-of-the-mill".

"Toll plaza" is a common noun. We in Houston have a toll plaza every 10 miles or so on the Beltway 8. The largest toll plaza consists of 3 EZ tag (electronically controlled) lanes, 3 coin-operated gates, and 2 manned booths. It sure looks like

sign in, log in, clock in, badge in, punch in, check in sign out, sign off, log out, clock out, badge out, punch out, check out

No - it is not a line as in a fishing line , or a string or rope. It's a line of words , as in a dramma or a movie script, i.e. a refined / sophisticated / sometimes overused / catchy / interesting sentence used to break the ice or to gain

When the day is more than one week old, referring to it as a day of the week (Friday, Thursday ...) may not be a good idea. Just call them by its date to avoid potential confusion. Sep 1 :Today Aug 31 : Yesterday 8/30 : the day before

In a collaborative or ''win-win'' approach to negotiations, the preparations will include a number of seemingly side issues such as location for negotiation, the equal number of members for each negotiating team, provisions for meeting room's

"No more than 200 dollars" is a noun phrase therefore preposition "to" can be used. ex. " />No more than 200 dollars was found when the cops entered the apartment. "No earlier than August 9th" can also be a noun phrase too. ex. " />No

"Charming people. Theatrical people." "Charming" is an adjective of personality. Parallelism suggests "theatrical" would follow suit, ie. being another personality adj., meaning "drammatic", "exaggerating", or "colorful" etc. Had the