It may sound sappy, but for me "Ulysses" is chiefly valuable as the most moving tribute in literature to kindness.
All public lands containing petroleum or other mineral oils, and chiefly valuable therefor, have been declared by Congress to be 'free and open to occupation, exploration, and purchase by citizens of the United States..
The Secretary shall determine and establish the size of tracts of public lands to be sold on the basis of the land use capabilities and development requirements of the lands; and, where any such tract which is judged by the Secretary to be chiefly valuable for agriculture is sold, its size shall be no larger than necessary to support a family-sized farm.
The metal is chiefly valuable in the modern world for the alloys it forms; about 60% of world production is used in nickel-steels (particularly stainless steel).
Coen was the first of this new breed of Euro-pasha, conquering Indonesia for the Dutch in the early 1600s and generating huge profits by dominating production and trade of the archipelago's most valuable spices, chiefly cloves, nutmeg and pepper.
In the 19th century, ivory came into prominence once more, chiefly for making forgeries of older, more valuable ivory objects.
There is an exquisite beauty to the shell, used since ancient times for jewellery, yet it is the flesh of the abalone, composed chiefly of its broad foot, that has made it so valuable.
On the neighborhood scale, such a participatory project may prove a valuable aid in implementing the approach, though we argue that it chiefly functioned thanks to the quality of the environment and the type of end user involved.
Chiefly people often wore robes of sea otter fur, as otter pelts were quite valuable in the fur trade; the quality and level of decoration on clothing marked other statuses as well.
Nothing is known of Justin's personal history other than his work on Trogus's book (chiefly a history of Macedonia and the Hellenistic monarchies, with Parthia), which preserves material that has proved valuable to students of the Hellenistic world.
The most valuable products now exported from the Amazon by way of Belém are aluminum, iron ore, and other metals, nuts (chiefly Brazil nuts), pineapples, cassava, jute, wood veneers, and hardwoods.
