The porticoed Plaza Mayor (main square), an architectural symphony in bold but balanced tones, is one of Spain's most recognizable sights.

The sensible, balanced tone of this unpretentious yarn about aspiring starlets was a mild jolt back then; it's a nice surprise now.

The short program showed the group's strengths, the most immediately striking of which are a sweet, beautifully balanced tone and finely polished ensemble work.

This copy's voice was subtly different from the first's, the balanced tone shifted ever so slightly- incongruously - toward the feminine.

A cool balanced tone, not flat or empty or dead, or even childish.

After she played two stout, balanced long tones, she indicated a rubato melody, and her band plunged into the recognizable whirl of post-Ornette Coleman form.

But this balanced tone could not disguise the tale told by Mr. Bush's numbers.

Alder is appreciated for its claimed tight and even balanced tone, especially when compared to mahogany, and has been adopted by many electric guitar manufacturers.

The editorials and op-eds have attempted to strike a more "balanced" tone.

It struck a more balanced tone than previous official statements, which merely restated Mr. Zhao's political crimes.