Sentence examples for a major surplus from inspiring English sources

Someone would mention that we were low on bottled water, for example, and within six hours we would have a major surplus, both of the sparkling and still varieties.

Damon Hall, a 28-year-old student, walked past the bare shelves at Major Surplus and Survival, an army supply and emergency gear store, dejectedly.

Germany has traditionally run a major trade surplus — meaning, as a consequence, that it does not borrow from the rest of the world.

During the Ming and the succeeding Qing (Manchu) dynasties, Jiangnan was a major rice surplus region, supplying two-fifths of tribute tax grain to the capital by means of the Grand Canal.

North Dakota is the only state sporting a major budget surplus; it has the lowest unemployment and default rates in the country; and it has the most community banks per capita of any state in the U.S. and because small businesses and farmers can get credit, jobs are created.

The major surplus product of Sweden was butter; from the mid-14th century, a fourth of Sweden's export consisted of this product.

"You've got this major surplus — that just sounds so dumb not to spend at least what you take in because that's what you're paying for," he said.

Germany and Japan enjoy high wages and run major surpluses in manufactured goods; so can we.

Niigata is one of Japan's largest rice producers, providing major surpluses for shipment to city markets.

It should be possible to make use of the major surpluses within the European Development Fund to step up our efforts in the field of rural development - rural development that would then become more diversified in form than it would by focusing solely upon individual crops.

There is the current No. 1, Dinara Safina, a leader without a major title, and a surplus of former leaders, including Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Amélie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova, who just came back from injury.