(1) The new development turned the scales in favor of that school.

(2) The jockey turned the scales at 80 lb.

(3) The evidence given by his friend turned the scales, and the boy was set free.

(4) They were more lightly armed than Alfonso's knights, but their new way of fighting turned the scales in their favour.

(5) He now weighs twenty nine pounds ... week old lambs would normally turn the scales at around fifteen pounds.