Sentence examples for imports being from inspiring English sources

Food and other resources were scarce — imports being virtually nonexistent — and the cultural landscape was gnarled and desiccated.

But no one is predicting that short of imports being legalized, drug prices abroad will ever be as expensive as those in the United States.

Explanations of the persistent deficit in U.S. net exports of goods rest on macroeconomic developments and an asymmetry in elasticities: the income elasticity for imports being larger than the income elasticity for exports.

Sales of fancy dress costumes for children have soared in recent years, prompted by cheap imports being available and children increasingly wanting to dress as their favourite characters from blockbuster films.

With the United States' trade surplus growing with China and Chinese imports being cited for the loss of more and more domestic jobs, the administration is gearing up to defend its trade record in the presidential election.

Industries making steel, aluminium, paper, chemicals and bricks were all cited, as were others such as cement that are barely touched by imports (being cheap and heavy, cement is usually produced round the corner from where it is used).EU leaders then asked for a range of protective policies to be spelled out.

Imports are not covered.

And those imports are growing.

Imports were flat from a year earlier.

Merchandise imports are growing strongly.

Costly imports are still required.