Sentence examples for somewhat offsetting from inspiring English sources

One bright spot was a slight production increase by Ford in the current quarter, somewhat offsetting previous cutbacks.

But Louisiana's state tourism industry has projected that the oil spill disaster will actually cause business travel to increase, somewhat offsetting a significant decrease in leisure travel.

The Republican plan would also slash individual and corporate income taxes by more than $4 trillion below current projections, somewhat offsetting the spending cuts and limiting the overall reduction in the deficit.

"That the effect of the sequester has been relatively benign so far", he writes, "strikes me as a data-point in favour of relatively inflexible fiscal rules, such as debt-ceilings and balanced-budget amendments, capable of somewhat offsetting the diffuse-cost/concentrated-benefit dynamic that otherwise drives democracies toward imbalance and ruin".

That the effect of the sequester has been relatively benign so far strikes me as a data-point in favour of relatively inflexible fiscal rules, such as debt-ceilings and balanced-budget amendments, capable of somewhat offsetting the diffuse-cost/concentrated-benefit dynamic that otherwise drives democracies toward imbalance and ruin.

That is consistent with the idea that sufficient visitors provide guardianship, somewhat offsetting the main effects of additional offenders and targets.

The declines may be somewhat offset by delayed DVR viewing.

However, this advantage was somewhat offset by the decrease of energy density.

The losses in the technology sector were somewhat offset by gains in the semiconductor shares.

Average Scotland Substantial constituency seat losses to SNP, but somewhat offset by list seat gains.

The loss of economic ties with Argentina has been somewhat offset by increasing commerce with Chile.