For this analysis, V1F2 offset acted as the dependent variable and the independent variable was the sound (/u/ or /i/), or lack thereof (in the case of word-final consonants), following the consonant.
In order to offset her act's significant investment in dry cleaning, Lola quickly found work go-go dancing or performing nearly every night of the week.
Another is the growing expectation that payments from new customers required to buy insurance under the Affordable Care Act will offset costs from new regulations.
And is the Federal Reserve too conservative to act to offset the contractionary forces in the economy, of which fiscal tightening is perhaps the biggest?
It is lauded by supporters for a market-based approach that rewards greener firms with tradable credits, while encouraging dirtier firms to clean up their act, or offset their emissions by paying for accredited emissions cuts elsewhere.
The all-or-nothing comprehensive strategy holds that if a bipartisan immigration bill doesn't contain the right mix of sweeteners like the Dream Act to offset hard-line enforcement measures, it won't attract enough votes to pass.
The Act helps offset recent wage increases by granting business deductions, tax credits and filing simplification.
The presence of oxidation catalyst in close proximity to the reduction catalyst was shown to act to offset the effect of water vapor.
Just as socialists advocate that the public sector act to offset the excessive inequality that emerges from the market economy, so it is that the same public sector can be enlisted to provide a counterbalance to the disproportionate power of private wealth in the electoral system.
The general tendency of respondents was to act to offset hypothetical changes in government spending.
