Some acknowledged that any increase might be offset by layoffs.
Consequently, the gains from human capital acquisition might be offset by losses of motivation.
Furthermore, whatever increased cost to consumers from higher energy prices does occur might be offset elsewhere.
Or is it the security of a steady job (which might be offset by a lower income)?
This might be offset by the immediate gain in spinal height (SH) as a result of correction of the curvature.
The correlation is relatively weak in daytime, when the cooling effect of vegetation might be offset by other factors in urban thermal environment.
It's been suggested that the benefits of caffeine, in terms of heightened focus, might be offset by a decrease in proficiency at more imaginative tasks.
The curvilinear effects might be offset with graphic patterns or the jacket itself be replaced by riffs on a white shirt, as another take on masculine/feminine.
"The marginal gains in efficiency through automation," he wrote, "might be offset by the psychological deprivations caused by destroying the residual illusions of free decision and driving skill".
Thus, a drop in investment might be offset by a corresponding increase in government expenditures (increasing an injection) or a decrease in taxes (decreasing a leakage).
It's been suggested that the benefits of caffeine, in terms of heightened focus, might be offset by a decrease in proficiency at more imaginative tasks.
