The decline in the construction of new housing has been partially offset by work on public-sector and infrastructure projects.

房屋建筑行业的下跌部分被公共领域的工作和基础设施的工程抵消了。

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Other countries have offset increases by launching food-for-work schemes or handing out vouchers for water and other services to boost the amount of money consumers can spend on food.

另一些国家则实行工作换食物计划，或是发放饮水和其他服务的优惠购物卷以便扩充用于粮食的消费金额，通过这些方法抵消了粮食价格的增长。

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The increase in work outside the home was offset by less housework-and less spare time and less sleep.

工作时间的增加被较少的家务、休闲和睡眠时间抵消了。

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"It's certainly important to understand whether increased costs in past years were used for real work and offset elsewhere or if increases were attributable to the kind of lavish spending that occurred in 2010 on parties, clowns, mind readers, commemorative coins and music videos done on official time, " committee spokeswoman Becca Watkins said.

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Mr Spidla also said encouraging mothers back into work would help offset Europe's ageing work force.

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Ripple's grateful for the boom -- in part because it helps the firm offset pro-bono work.

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