Sentence examples for offset a little from inspiring English sources

The final group includes Germany, the Netherlands and China, where the trade gap creates Britain's biggest deficits.Worries about persistent trade shortfalls are offset a little by services surpluses.

The 60 extra horses are offset a little because the Taurus and Taurus X weigh some 75 to 100 pounds more.

I'm sure there are various official bodies and auto-execs that can provide data sets up the wazoo over the positive impact of the clunkers program but I wonder if, before using another few billion dollars, whether supporting the United States bike industry might help offset a little more carbon, create better livable communities and help hire a few more hands in this troubled economic downturn.

This confirms decreases in time spent cooking since the mid-twentieth century, particularly in women, offset a little by increases in time spent cooking in men.

And they would also help offset a little-noticed trend: affluent Americans are increasingly living longer than others.

Lenny's is made with a light mayonnaise dressing seasoned with celery seed, the mild bitterness of which is offset by a little sweetness.

"Even if there was a sign up, it would have helped — or a couple of extra wait staff walking around the pool offering to get drinks, just to offset it a little bit".

Landsburg points out, correctly, that the proposition that a spending increase should be offset with a little bit of pain everywhere and everywhen — that is, with higher current and future taxes and lower current and future spending on many things — follows from assuming that the government starts from a position of doing the right thing.

Apple, of course, has the highest margins in the business, so it can afford to offset that a little to grow into new demographics and consumer groups that its more expensive products can't reach.

The excitement of trying a new American whiskey is always offset by a little bit of trepidation.

A new study out of Baylor University found that the negative effects of materialism -- prioritizing the acquirement of possessions -- may be offset with a little thankfulness.