Sentence examples for staple industries from inspiring English sources

New light industries later offset declining employment in the traditional staple industries.

Textile manufacturing and coal mining, the historic staple industries of the area, declined during the 20th century.

Initially, there was over-reliance on the old staple industries of the first Industrial Revolution and the first of many macro-economic blunders with the decision to go back on the gold standard at the pre-first world war parity.

"If you look at where the loudest voices were, and some of the strongest votes for Brexit, they come from those parts of the country that have faced the challenges of globalisation; they have had core, staple industries change and decline over time, not yet to replaced by high productivity new sectors.

Those include NYC staple industries like media, fashion, architecture, and technology and the Dropbox customers they include like National Geographic, BCBG, and Eventbrite.

One in six is out of work, and a majority of our staple industries are on the list of imminent extinction.

Entrepreneurs strove hard but did not yet develop a staple industry.

In the 18th century, silk ribbon weaving became the staple industry, and later watchmaking was introduced.

By the mid-19th century cotton spinning was the staple industry of Tameside.

Cotton spinning was Stockport's staple industry in the 19th century, and hat making dated from the 18th century.

A staple industry was sheep rearing, which provided a fine wool much in demand in Miletus, Pergamum, and other Greek centres of industry.