Sentence examples for difficult to offset from inspiring English sources

But as the total size of the bank's bond portfolio expands, it could become more difficult to offset the amounts.

Meat processors have had a difficult earnings season so far since the downturn in consumer spending made it difficult to offset higher commodity costs with higher selling prices.

However, the decrease in minute ventilation induced by low VT can be difficult to offset by increasing respiratory rate and may induce hypercapnia.

Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, posted a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday as shoppers looked for ways to offset difficult economic conditions.

The strong performance by Primark helped to offset a difficult time at ABF's sugar business, which is suffering from falling prices.

Escalating sports content costs make it more difficult for cost cuts at BT to offset any competitive impact.

Although it is very difficult to measure N2pc offset in this experiment, do to the overlap of the SPCN, Figure 3 suggests that if there was a difference in the offset of the N2pc, it would tend to occur later in the valid condition.

He believes that unregulated industrial businesses can help to offset problems at regulated businesses in difficult times.

According to Drew, her office contributed twenty-three billion dollars to the bank's earnings from 2007 through 2011, "helping to offset business losses incurred during that difficult period of time".

As the oil from cheaper fields has run out, the government has progressively extended a system of tax allowances to offset the extra costs of the more difficult ones.

It would appear that even the negatives, which are difficult to find, are offset – the present, relatively anaemic dividend yield of 1.8% has been boosted by a 15% increase to the full year payment.