Sentence examples for were a common currency from inspiring English sources

These advantages reflected "a world where books were a common currency of an enlightened citizenry," he wrote.

In the long term, the aim is supposed to be a common currency.

As soon as there is imitation, he says, there is a common currency.

Brutality against civilians has been a common currency of both sides in Afghanistan's unending civil wars.

Hiawassee seemed safer than a big city, where stories of men being beaten or killed while delivering food was a common currency among the Fujianese.

Such proposals make some European countries squeal but seem eminently sensible to Germany: in the absence of political union, how else is a common currency to work?But because the world does not always bend to its will, Germany has had to accept political compromises.

In both macro and micro senses, there is a common currency.

Overall, what's lacking is a common currency in which to uniformly measure the potential for social harm inherent in every type of crime.

They cite that all financial measurements are made using the "International dollar rate [which] is a common currency unit that takes into account differences in relative purchasing power annual average".

Once the data were in a common currency, we grouped similar interventions and qualitatively compared the magnitudes and variability of total and input costs.

If you're using a common currency with 17 countries all of which are very different you need to have media accountability at full power.