Sentence examples for vital commodity from inspiring English sources

He had credibility, a vital commodity among the cynical press corps.

That will be a vital commodity if the Pentagon keeps troops here for an extended period.

And thus cigar workers, whether in Chicago or Havana, were the first ones in their time who managed to introduce that vital commodity — distraction — onto the work floor.

Few crops illustrate the emerging problems in the global food chain as well as palm oil, a vital commodity in much of the world and particularly Asia.

There are farcical and bittersweet aftertastes he seems to miss in the transformation of homemade liquor from a vital commodity in early agrarian America to a yuppie lifestyle accessory today.

Molasses was a vital commodity at the time, used in rum manufacture (the tank was full to the brim to cash in on pre-Prohibition demand), and it had been important in the production of First World War munitions.

Contrary to predictions, vital commodities such as coal and copper remain abundant.

It seems churlish, at best, to lament easy access to one of the world's most vital commodities.

In boxing terms he is still a baby, but at 6ft 6in and nearly 17st he has vital commodities for greatness – a good chin and a decent punch.

About $7bn£4.3bnbn) in vital commodities – typically grain, coal, heating oil, and cement – moves on the river at this time of year.

The pirate-plagued Gulf of Aden, through which shipments to China of oil and other vital commodities pass, would be an obvious place to become more used to distant security tasks.