Sentence examples for elite consumption from inspiring English sources

A rich contrast to these moments of elite consumption is offered by the city's transcendental side, especially those churches that boast histories dating back more than a thousand years.

Wang (2009): 1) argues that overall, China is still a double-track society with both mass production and elite consumption, but Chinese cities are moving towards consumer societies.

"Elite consumption is different from what you find in the US, where it's often about consuming brands that are obscure," he said.

A hunger for authenticity, direct experience, and knowledge of origins and production have been deeply embedded in elite consumption for hundreds of years, for example in the connoisseurship of French wines and foods like truffles and caviar.

Once reserved to a small elite, the consumption of highly sweetened diets is now highly prevalent in developed countries and is escalating elsewhere [7], [8].

A tiny economic elite controlling consumption-geared production and imports has accumulated great wealth.

The word "köttbullar" was first mentioned in print in a Swedish cookbook in the 18th century to describe a meal popular with the nation's social elite, though meatballs' consumption spread through the whole of Swedish society with the availability of cheaper beef and pork accompanying the invention of the meat grinder.

These manuals and leaflets recommended at least 15 min (Dräger Alcocheck), at least 20 min (Dräger 6510 and Alcosense Single), or at least 30 min (Alcosense Elite) elapse between alcohol consumption and use.

But they are rich enough to persuade many of Wall Street's elite to rediscover conspicuous consumption.

C1 A Return to Big Bonuses While this year's Wall Street bonuses do not quite reach the heights of the late 1990's technology bubble, they are rich enough to persuade many of Wall Street's elite to rediscover conspicuous consumption.

Encouraged by the tiger farming industry, China's wealthy are rediscovering a taste for tiger bone wine — promoted as a treatment for rheumatism and impotence — as well as tiger-skin rugs and stuffed animals, sought after as status symbols among an elite obsessed with conspicuous consumption.