Sentence examples for supply of shocks from inspiring English sources

Based on an actual family, the Pettingills, who battled the almost equally violent Melbourne police in the late 1980s, the movie is electrified by an undercurrent of gallows humor and a steady supply of shocks, not one of them gratuitous.

And since it sets up a possible mano-a-mano with Barack Obama in a pre-election year for both presidents, then Mr. Sarkozy must sense that the guy in Washington's supply of shock and awe, holding the rest of the world in sway, would be diminished to the point of undermining his defense of an advantageous exchange rate for the dollar.

Even if winter makes a belated appearance, the higher stocks will cushion upward price pressure, as well as the sort of supply shocks of recent years that have sent prices soaring.

Just as they did at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in Brighton it was Japan who supplied the biggest of shocks, downing New Zealand 14-12 on the opening morning of pool competition.

Of course, oil's weakness may in part be due to weaker global demand but the rise of fracking (and the absence of supply shocks in the Middle East, for the moment) makes this look more of a supply story.

The current environment is one of risks of adverse supply shocks because of aging US and European energy infrastructure as well as expanding Chinese demand.

Commodity prices have increased more than expected, reflecting a combination of strong demand growth and a number of supply shocks.

Similarly, the analysis uses the "standard" assumption of constant returns to scale to derive the implications of supply shocks for the wage structure.

Joining the Hollywood scions and insiders in the ranks of the program's commentators is a seemingly inexhaustible supply of "film historians," shocking in their abundance during a time of high unemployment.

NGDP targeting splits the impact of supply shocks automatically between inflation and real GDP growth.

"In contrast, the surge in agricultural food prices is largely a consequence of supply shocks, such as droughts in major wheat producing countries.