Sentence examples for seek to offset from inspiring English sources

Under that plan, the city would seek to offset criticism by building a new park nearby.

Mr. Takenaka also promises that the government will seek to offset the pain it inflicts.

The pace of consolidation is made all the more brisk by intense competition in Britain for new business as insurers seek to offset lower margins on premiums.

They're expensive to make and it's no surprise that HBO should seek to offset costs by selling to the highest bidder.

The risk is that banks may seek to offset the charges by raising their lending rates.Second, the ECB is seeking to help credit-starved businesses in southern Europe by providing cheap long-term funding to banks that support these firms.

David Stockman, the White House budget director, persuaded Reagan he should seek to offset the mounting deficits by reducing Social Security benefits for people who left the work force voluntarily.

(To generate equity, developers sell the tax credits to corporations seeking to offset profits).

The prime minister sought to offset the bitter medicine of austerity with promises of initiatives to increase growth.

Seeking to offset the nebulous threats working against the protagonist, the director, James Marsh, chose a clean, wide-screen look for this involuted middle story, shooting on 35 millimeter.

The central bank is seeking to offset the boost in demand that Australia will enjoy from its commodity exports, which are fetching high prices on world markets.

In the last three weeks, opponents sought to offset the heavy pressure brought by the Jets' defensive front with a short passing game.