Sentence examples for instruments of consumption from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, these are also what anthropologists call "threat gestures," instruments of consumption to assert that "We are so important and affluent that we can blow $1000 on a mid-field ticket and dozens of thousands to show up at the Super Bowl or Wimbledon".

Joseph, who lives in the Bronx and attends Harry S Truman High School, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of knives or instruments and consumption of alcohol in a public place.

As noted, inter alia, by Whitesell (1992) and Amromin and Chakravorti (2009), the choice of a payment instrument for consumption purposes (and, hence, the demand for currency) is highly dependent on merchant's acceptance.

Studies of prevalence of waterpipe smoking require instruments measuring the patterns of consumption.

This essay aims to identify the indicators of measurement of land consumption caused by instruments of urban planning in order to support as well during a strategic environmental evaluation polices of territorial government aiming at models of sustainable urban development.

Hence, we argue that quality-of-life instruments include some elements of consumptions utility.

The assay is rapid and requires simple sample preparation and economical since it depends on the commercially available laboratory instruments and low consumption of readily available inexpensive reagents.

We're prisoners of consumption.

He died there of consumption.

He died of consumption in 1756.

That's a fascinating idea of consumption".