Sentence examples for attempts to offset from inspiring English sources

Our results also suggest that attempts to offset geographic sorting by creating heterogeneous "strange bedfellows" districts will likely backfire.

His attempts to offset these diplomatic losses by deepening ties with states such as Saudi Arabia, where democratic values are held cheap, have had limited success.

And Mr. Giuliani's attempts to offset criticism of the police by questioning the dead man's temperament have widely been seen as insensitive.

Sweden and the Netherlands are prominent examples of attempts to offset fluctuations in private spending so as to realize full employment and growth.

What the world didn't know what that as a kid who'd struggled with depression his whole life, Mitcham's attempts to offset an inward conviction that he was "a nothing" by pursuing personal achievement at the expense of everything were reaching an explosive collision.

REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS BNP Said to Plan Merger of American Units  |  The Financial Times reports: "BNP Paribas is planning a full-blown merger of its U.S. operations as it attempts to offset the impact of threatened US regulatory reforms for foreign banks, according to people familiar with the project".

It says Greenpeace's description of the Noel Kempff project as a scam was "an attempt to discredit emissions offsets that businesses might claim by supporting such efforts in the future".

The transparency bill is seen as an attempt to offset the political damage these have caused.

The MetroStars went on the attack in an attempt to offset their recent defensive deficiencies.

As in Brixton, it was a local attempt to offset the collateral and reputation damage caused by the riots.

New Rochelle is one of 28 Westchester municipalities that make an attempt to offset that void by regulating their fleets.