Sentence examples for offset the sale from inspiring English sources

Mr. Becker also expressed skepticism whether subsidies for hybrid vehicles would do any good, pointing out that automakers could just use hybrid sales to offset the sale of other gas-guzzlers while still meeting federal standards.

Meeting with agents at a Hong Kong hotel, the three said they would "offset" the sale price of the five metric tons of hashish and 600 kilograms of heroin if the undercover agents would provide four Stinger missiles, according to the criminal complaint filed in San Diego.

The Intel Mac Pro version of Pro Tools has been available since Sept. 18, but new orders have not sufficiently offset the sales declines of the older product.

If, as LaBolt suggests, the tax only affects a very limited set services for the wealthy, then it's hard to imagine that it will generate the tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars required to offset the sales tax decrease.

Bayer executives said today that any increase in Cipro sales would not come close to offsetting the sales Bayer lost this year when it was forced to recall an extremely profitable cholesterol-lowering drug, sold under the names Baycol and Lipobay, because of side effects linked to 52 deaths.

Bristol-Myers reported lower quarterly sales and earnings, as cost-cutting and sales gains for newer drugs only partly offset the plunging sales of its Plavix blood clot preventer and Avapro blood pressure medicine, now facing generic rivals.

The cost cutting is expected to help offset the ad sales weakness.

Some of G.M.'s rivals are working to increase exports from their less-than-stretched Indian production lines to offset the local sales slump.

But analysts said the traditional and biotech drugs under development may not enter production soon enough to offset the lost sales of Plavix, Abilify and Avapro.

To offset the latest sales decline at home, Manganese, which also makes automotive components and bus doors but derives three-quarters of its profits from taxi sales, is exporting its design to America.

Cost-cutting measures helped offset the lower sales numbers, with Home Depot saying its total operating expenses fell 8% from last year to $4.56 billion.