Sentence examples for commodity rather than from inspiring English sources

Recent studies indicate deforestation is trade-driven, i.e. correlated to demand for a commodity rather than to rural poverty.

"It began to be seen as a commodity rather than as an icon of the community," he said.

You are becoming a commodity rather than a person, a means to an end rather than anything else.

This makes it difficult for sellers and buyers to settle futures contracts by physical delivery of the commodity rather than by cash.

This is partly to make sure you can't identify them, but also to help them see you as a commodity rather than a person.

News has become a commodity, rather than what it should be – a means of informing us about the world and challenging our sensibilities.

Like them, Australia was an exporter mainly of commodities, rather than manufactured goods.

Low prices in the chain's stores come at a cost to workers who are viewed "as commodities rather than as human beings with rights, responsibilities and aspirations".

It promotes a focus on the provision of bednets and other commodities rather than working on core health systems," it says.

For a number of reasons, many African countries continue to rely on the export of primary commodities rather than value addition and diversification of the economic base.

Deeply concerned about a falling dollar, China is increasingly using its ever-growing cash pile to buy commodities, rather than US Treasury bills.