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We might hope that any evil we endure will at least be offset by an equal or greater amount of good for us, but there can be no guarantee.

Northwest said the cost of the extra pay will be offset by the value of other work rule changes and grievance settlements.

At least part of that reduction, however, could be offset by a new fuel tax, to encourage purchases of more fuel-efficient cars.

The White House said that the bill would be deficit neutral, with increased costs to be offset by savings and the new taxes.

Up to a point, this can be offset by cutting domestic interest rates.

He adds that climate change could cause severe disasters in individual regions, which would not be offset by increased plant productivity.

But two-thirds of this effect may be offset by the greater release of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, from the sea.

Still, part of the gains of higher natural gas prices likely will be offset by the implementation of a resources tax, piloted in Xinjiang.

The danger of exacerbating the brain drain might be offset by another bold policy: raising academic salaries in Iraq.

Pressure for higher rates might be offset by investors' search for safety but that search only adds to dollar strength.

The company claims any additional income will be offset by increased investment in buyer protection measures.

Clearly not just those of a subsidiary, for they may be offset by positions taken elsewhere in the firm.

One Chinese newspaper said boosting grain subsidies would probably be offset by the continuing high cost of fertiliser.

But the improvements in clarity and sound of images sent over a corporate network can be offset by bandwidth requirements.

Said to contain anti-bacterial ingredients cocoa beans, chocolate can be offset by the high sugar content, reducing dental caries risk.

For this reason, the subsidy it offers by providing free insurance must be offset by imposing higher capital requirements.

Eventually, most if not all our reductions might be offset by increases elsewhere.

Unless the code is executed several times, these costs might not be offset by the performance benefit of native code versus interpretation.

The optimistic view that the level of risk in the system could be offset by dispersion was wiped out by the crisis.

The department expects food security gains in Asia and Latin America to be offset by worsening hunger in sub-Saharan Africa.

Less external deflationary pressure must be offset by less inflationary pressure from domestic demand.

Instead, relative increases in the prices of tradable goods would be offset by lower inflation in other goods and services.

They also advocate carbon trading, which allows some emissions to be offset by paying someone else to reduce theirs.

But, unfortunately, those effects may be offset by a bigger one: The reluctance of investors and lenders to take risks.

The effects of past monetary growth, which is now turning into inflation, can be offset by selling SOE shares to savers.

Regrettably, in the year ahead these liberalisations may be offset by efforts to stop the economy from overheating.

Certainly, all of these worries could be offset by Google's departure from China.

The researchers found that a modest lowering of blood pressure may be offset by other less desirable effects of a low-sodium diet.

Second, a tightening of fiscal policy must be offset by a loosening of monetary policy.

But its regressive effect could be offset by a more generous food-stamp program.

In times of full employment, a bigger deficit can be offset by tighter monetary policy and higher interest rates, said C.

A rise in the price of oil should be offset by falls in the prices of other goods for which there is now less demand.

Should disaster aid, as a matter of sound public finance, be offset by immediate cuts in other spending?

The decline in the working-age population can be offset by making it easier for surplus labour to migrate into cities.

Budget deficits in the recession phase can be and should be offset by surplus in boom years.

S. imports in China could well be offset by an increase in U. S. imports from competitors like India or Indonesia, Mr. Wei said.

Better yet, the damage could be offset by granting energy-intensive firms enough free permits to cover just 15% of their emissions.

Inventory accumulations in some sectors may be offset by inventory liquidations in other sectors of the economy.

A reduction in the fiscal deficit must be offset by shifts in the private and foreign balances.

Higher force ratios may be obtained by the use of more pulleys, but this advantage may be offset by increased friction.

In fact, the costs of developing the engine would be offset by savings in future launch costs.

Almost never does it maximize your gain of knowledge and experience, but that can be offset by rapid and important publications.

Any increase in corporate savings should just be offset by lower household savings, or vice versa.

Lower consumption in the US would be offset by higher US net exports.

That is, the revenue of an accounting period should be offset by those costs and expense that were causal factors in producing that revenue.

But even if there are short-term benefits, they will be offset by the cost of lost independence of the Fed.

They said that their wage increase would be offset by higher price.

The rest of the carbon dioxide produced in making the bra will be offset by planting 6, 000 trees in the community every year.

By doing this, AOL is giving up many hundreds of millions of dollars ( which will be offset by lower marketing and other expenses ).

But those savings would be offset by about $4 trillion in tax cuts.

So long as labour markets are flexible, job losses in manufacturing should eventually be offset by new jobs elsewhere.

Cuts in prices for milk, butter, and cheese will be offset by direct payments to farmers.

compensate for The pay raise will be offset by inflation.

Excessive budget-cutting poses a risk to the recovery, not least because it cannot easily be offset by looser monetary policy.

Higher consumption in China would be offset by lower Chinese net exports.

Dark colors such as blue , green , gray, and black can be offset by accents like mahogany .