Sentence examples for expensive commodities from inspiring English sources

All of the early metals were expensive commodities in antiquity and were monopolized by kings, priests, and officials.

Disks and tape were expensive commodities, and to save money Benedetti usually turned on the machine only when Parker was soloing.

As the producers tend to save more of their income than the consumers, more expensive commodities bear down on global demand.The oil price has pushed the world into recession in the past, most obviously in the 1970s.

In addition to the weak dollar, economists say that countries like Vietnam, Egypt, China and Brazil are inherently more vulnerable to inflation when, as now, rising prices are led by increasingly expensive commodities.

Its recovery is too iffy at a time when buyers treat computers as expensive commodities like washing machines and ovens.

An ensilaging with crops such as corn silage would reduce the silage quality of the more expensive commodities due to inadequate total solid content, enhanced buffer capacities, etc.

But brimstone is essentially just sulfur, a rather expensive commodity when compared with, say, coal.

A fashion photographer gets paid for making an expensive commodity into an object of desire.

Milk is an expensive commodity … The main appeal for coffee chains is reaching a broader audience.

"It's more obvious with art because it's an expensive commodity.

From the Middle Ages until at least the 16th century, salt was a relatively expensive commodity and was kept at the table in vessels commensurate with this status.