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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Some companies in the industry are in trouble, but there are countervailing forces that will help others survive.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But such benefits as we may find here and elsewhere entail countervailing disadvantages.
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But the liberalising trends are not blind moves towards laissez-faire, but the product of many countervailing forces in the local society.
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However, there are countervailing forces which might result in a lower volume of services.
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However, there are countervailing pressures.
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It was this last, clearly tyrannical, action which stirred Anselm to take the only countervailing measure open to him.
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The issue of countervailing measures was a particular point at issue during discussions.
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Time has often become a countervailing force against quality.