Sentence examples for for soaring prices from inspiring English sources

SALAMANCA, SPAIN — Only a year ago, biofuels were blamed for soaring prices of vital food commodities like corn, wheat, sugar and vegetable oils.

The English art dealer Joseph Duveen sold hundreds of Old Masters, for soaring prices, to American multimillionaires between the early years of the twentieth century and 1939, when he died, at the age of sixty-nine.

report placed much of the blame for soaring prices on what it called "enhanced offerings," all the CDs and instructional supplements with which textbooks are increasingly bundled — or burdened.

By Peter Schjeldahl The English art dealer Joseph Duveen sold hundreds of Old Masters, for soaring prices, to American multimillionaires between the early years of the twentieth century and 1939, when he died, at the age of sixty-nine.

Food riots broke out this week in Mozambique as government attempts to control bread and fuel costs collapsed under the strain of soaring prices for oil and for food staples, driven in part by demand for biofuels.

At the same time, hunting has increased because of soaring prices for polar bear hides, said Dan Ashe, head of the American delegation at the meeting.

HONG KONG — After nearly three years of soaring prices for rare earth metals, with the cost of some rising nearly thirtyfold, the market is rapidly coming back down.

Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison have been pushed close to bankruptcy because of soaring prices for wholesale electricity.The independent generators that sell to the utilities say they are already owed hundreds of millions of dollars for power.

Earlier this year, Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, pointed to an influx of capital from Asia as partly responsible for the soaring prices.

Over that period, of course, the full sticker price for elite private colleges has far outstripped the pace of inflation, to say nothing of the cost of many of their public school peers (even accounting for the soaring prices of some public universities, especially in California, suffering under state budget crises).

To understand how Israel is to blame for the soaring prices of fresh produce, look no further than a recent UN report.