Sentence examples for sought to offset from inspiring English sources

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

It sought to offset this encroachment by obtaining assurance that the public may walk along the shoreline in order to gain access to the ocean.

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

On the same day the Bank of Japan sought to offset an expected decline in business confidence by injecting a record amount of cash into the financial system, and doubling the size of an asset-purchase programme.

April 27 , 2012 The House voted to prevent interest rate increases for certain student loans and sought to offset the costs by repealing the law's Public Prevention and Health Fund.

The Commission sought to offset this diminution in access, and thereby preserve the overall balance of access, by requesting a deed restriction that would ensure "lateral" access: the right of the public to pass and repass along the dry sand parallel to the shoreline in order to reach the tidelands and the ocean.

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

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.

Now, cruise companies are seeking to offset that tainted image by offering "voluntourism" experiences.

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.