Sentence examples for certain basic necessities from inspiring English sources

According to a report in Time magazine using the Everyday Price Index, in 2011 the official Consumer Price Index rose 2.9 percent, but the cost of certain basic necessities rose much more:  meat and milk rose more than 9 percent; coffee, 19 percent; peanut butter, 27 percent; heating oil, 18 percent; children's clothes for boys, 6 percent, and for girls, 9 percent.

In the past, the court had understandably ruled that society's interest in ensuring access to certain opportunities like jobs, school and other basic necessities must sometimes override the right to associate with whomever one pleases.

"I want to bring the basic necessities.

They rely more on basic necessities, like electricity and gas.

Unless they paid, their basic necessities were held hostage.

They were the basic necessities in life to her.

"Your family is counting on you for basic necessities.

"They're buying the basic necessities — beer," Mr. Kolar said.