Sentence examples for surplus of something from inspiring English sources
Eighty years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt taught us what to do when confronted by a surplus of something: Pay people not to make any more of it.
Great partnerships are often forged when each party enjoys a surplus of something the other needs, and there's little conflict in their ambitions.
"They call some of these parks 'surplus,'" said City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson, an opponent of the plan, "but I don't know what the heck that means because there is no such thing as a surplus of something that is necessary for the good and welfare of the community.
The latter features a reunion with Ice Cube, but what's most thrilling is the surplus of ideas, with something always happening at the margins, pulling the groove into different areas.
Kids should remember that older workers, despite thinning hair and an annoying surplus of chins, bring something to the job that youth can't.
And even with the one-shot deals, the $21 million surplus was something of a fluke.
A "legacy asset" would be like an inheritance or a budget surplus, something of value.
Instead of representing a restoration of its traditional strength in exports, the return to a trade surplus means something scarier: Japan is not importing as many goods.
"It's wonderful when something is made in surplus of any requirement," he said.
Surplus or something, I thought.
LONDON — You need blinkers to navigate a big city, something to screen out the teeming surplus of ambient sights and sounds.
