Sentence examples for is likely to be offset from inspiring English sources

That effect is likely to be offset, however, by subdued pressure for higher wages and rising unemployment.

However the £178bn investment in defence equipment and support over the next decade is likely to be offset by other cuts.

But that gain is likely to be offset by increases in imports as commodity prices stay robust and inflation in Asia raises manufacturing costs.

Although the cost to a state such as Texas will be about $4bn, a large part of that is likely to be offset by a reduction in the number of patients who receive treatment at hospital emergency rooms without the funds to pay.

If utilities can call on wind farms and solar power from several states, rather than just from the local area, a drop in wind in one area is likely to be offset by an increase in wind elsewhere, and solar panels shaded by clouds in one area will be offset by others in sunny areas.

The rule of thumb of many economists is that every $10 drop in the price of a barrel of oil increases economic growth by 0.2 to 0.3 percentage point, although in the event of a broad economic slowdown, that increase is likely to be offset by other factors, such as cutbacks in consumer spending and business investment, economists say.

Administration officials have said that they believe that mistakes overcounting jobs are likely to be offset by mistakes undercounting them.

Some of the anticipated Republican gains in Congress are likely to be offset in California, which is led by a Democratic governor, Gray Davis, and a Democratic-controlled legislature.

But Mr. Zandi said their lost jobs were likely to be offset by jobs created by flows of federal and state money for rebuilding.

The extra costs of testing women in general practice are likely to be offset by savings from inappropriate tests currently carried out, he said.

Interestingly, the researchers identified several drainage basins, including those along China's Yellow River and India's Indus and Ganges Rivers, where losses of meltwater over the next century are likely to be offset by heavier summer rains as temperatures rise.