Sentence examples for fragile commodity from inspiring English sources

"It's a fragile commodity in China that can easily be lost".

The thing about starting pitchers in particular is that there is such a length between starts that the mind may play havoc with confidence, always a fragile commodity.

This isn't a movie about gay marriage; it's a movie about marriage, period, and the way complacency and resentment can undermine a relationship -- and about how, once breached, trust is a fragile commodity to restore.

Compassion, however, is a fragile commodity: "in strongly compartmentalized societies with intense antagonism between groups," De Swaan suggests, individuals can and often do exclude outsiders from their "circle of empathy".

We also knew that horses are volatile and fragile commodities, and losing money is no fun.

For these high-end lines, image and cache are everything, and such fragile commodities can easily be sullied by a new Web site that lacks the decades of experience those stores have in product positioning.

As professionals, health scientists must be cognizant that respectability and trust are fragile commodities.

Confidence, such a fragile but crucial commodity, seems to be returning to the Welsh camp - as demonstrated by Rob Howley's bold decision to name his starting line-up a week early.

With the global recovery fragile and unbalanced, higher commodity prices are the last thing the world needs right now.

Concerns about the impact on already fragile global growth spread to commodity markets.

A world recovery may also prove fragile if it prompts big commodity price rises.The Bank of England's overall prognosis may appear gloomy; but it is realistic.