Sentence examples for this precious commodity from inspiring English sources

In late 1861, the state's governor, Zebulon Vance, established an office of salt commissioner to manage this precious commodity.

On a computer-generated landscape, studded with "sugar" mountains, they scattered a variety of simple, sugar-eating creatures, which compete for this precious commodity.

Big studios might be struggling without the imagination of Jonathan Safran Foer, Michael Morpurgo, Brian Selznick, Kathryn Stockett and Kaui Hart Hemmings but they do not seem to want to pay much for this precious commodity.

All that conceded, the image of the First Lady of the Realm of a radical, revolutionary regime taking plum choice of occupied land, with its luxurious estate, did not quite square up to equitable re-distribution of this precious commodity.

One solution is to make an active effort to protect and maintain this precious commodity.

The eddies of his conversation swirl for a moment around this precious commodity.

"The quiet time with yourself and your family is really the precious commodity.

Don't ever compromise and sell out on this most precious commodity because you deserve to be respected.

Playing time has been a precious commodity this season for one of Wednesday's longest-serving players, who found himself fifth in the pecking order earlier in the campaign.

Compromise has been a precious commodity in this Congress.

Time in front of an audience is a precious commodity in this world.