Sentence examples for seen as surplus from inspiring English sources

So my place in London will soon be seen as surplus to requirements.

This dictates that the majority of names on the released lists are seen as surplus to requirements by managers newly aware of the need to comply with Uefa's new financial fair play rules.

Until this summer, 2010 and 2011 were seen as surplus years.

The MoD plans to sell off the 130-hectare (321-acre) Graven Hill depot, which is seen as surplus to military requirements.

On 13 July 2008, his contract with Basel was terminated early to allow him to find himself a new club after just 23 league appearances because he was seen as surplus to requirements by manager Christian Gross.

The cautious Mr Costello's obsession with running a constant budget surplus is seen as a wasted opportunity.

Normally seen as a positive development, the surplus actually points to a huge slump in imports, rather than any bounce back in economic activity.

A sharp drop in August exports from the euro zone is being seen as a sign that a surplus of exports in the previous five months was a one-off rather than the start of a sustained recovery.

Despite being the top rice exporter in recent years, India's trade patterns in rice as well as many other food commodities can be erratic as international markets are seen as a way of offloading surplus stock rather than an opportunity for earning foreign exchange.

Overflow (also referred to as surplus, excess or overspill) is seen as the explicit opposite of scarcity.

China and Germany are often envied for their trade surpluses or seen as economic models, and China especially has very deliberately subsidised exports.