Sentence examples for offset the idea from inspiring English sources

Just to offset the idea that their appeal runs no further than the south-east, they are apparently most popular in the Midlands.

The idea was to offset the decline in revenue from overseas calling by expanding the company's position in the fast-growing Indonesian cellular market.

The idea is to offset the huge capital gains typically generated when aggressive fund managers churn stocks.

Reagan places a high premium on consistency, and his aversion to the idea of appearing to offset the effects of his tax cuts goes back a long time.

It dismisses with withering scorn the idea that you can offset the biodiversity loss involved in the destruction of an ancient woodland, which may have been in place for hundreds of years, simply by planting trees somewhere else.

In other words, for those who have long been asking Facebook to introduce a paid-content model — the idea being this can offset the fact that Facebook likely makes way more in ad revenue than publishers ever will from the content that's shared and read on there — Instant Articles may become the stick to their revenue carrot.

This view was predicated on the idea that other factors can offset the blow from budget cuts.

"The fees are sold with the idea that they will help offset the costs of incarceration, but practically they don't bring in much revenue," Mr. Nolan said.

Still, the smaller ones suggest ideas that may offset the loss of the Knitmedia festival, now and in the future.

Before he can worry about potential rivals, Hagel says, he has to look into himself to see if he has the mettle and ideas needed to offset the disadvantages that make also-rans of senators who discover their Washington experience and voting records only handicap them when they go up against fresh-faced governors able to boast that they're not part of the problem.

The idea is that the donations will serve to offset the carbon dioxide released into the air by the electricity used to power the computer.