The phrase 'be sufficient to offset' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which a benefit or advantage is counterbalanced or canceled out by some sort of disadvantage or deficit. For example, "This raise in salary will not be sufficient to offset the increased cost of living."
"Conservation and development of renewable energy sources such as windmills will not be sufficient to offset the loss of Indian Point," the study said.
So I think capital flows are still going to be positive; whether they will be sufficient to offset the trade flows, I don't know.
The effect, described in a paper to appear in the journal Physical Review Letters, may be sufficient to offset age-related declines in balance control, he said.
But the growth of the no-frills carriers would be sufficient to offset the price rise, ensuring that there was no suppression of demand.
How did you arrive at the amount of $50? Would that be sufficient to offset the fund's costs? A. "We've talked about $50 once a year.
Under the alternative bill, he said, the tax credits would not be sufficient to offset the cost of providing paid leave, which even for a single, minimum-wage employee could reach thousands of dollars a year.
Sales of film have shrunk commensurately and a small increase in sales of disposable cameras has not been sufficient to offset that for the film manufacturing companies.
Historical Comparison Taking account of these price movements, current prices can be compared with pre-2005 levels; it is clear that the food supply response has not been sufficient to offset the 2005-2008 prisesrises.
The common vision of big data emphasizes quantity over quality of data, arguing that the very large amount of data is sufficient to offset any distortion or defects that data might contain.
Cf. Pattenden, 1996 7, citing (mainly English) cases which suggest that to be legally relevant, the evidence must be logically relevant to the degree that is sufficient to offset any countervailing considerations (similar to the types mentioned in Rule 403) that may arise.
The reductions in consumer goods prices that have materialized have not been sufficient to offset the losses to wages under NAFTA.
