Sentences with phrase «dwindling supply of»

For two years, a shortage of sellers like the Bakers has propped up prices across the U.S. as shoppers jostled for a dwindling supply of houses.

Buyers looking to purchase a home in Kitsap County's housing market continue to face tough competition with rising home prices and a dwindling supply of active listings, according to statistics released by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

Winnipeg, Montreal and Moncton are grappling with a surplus of unsold condo units driven by a surge in new construction and a dwindling supply of first - time buyers in the wake of Ottawa's decision in June, 2012, to limit mortgage insurance to amortization periods of 25 years or less from 30 years.

That's how analysts at Deutsche Bank AG characterize money managers» appetite for the dwindling supply of the securities — which are backed by loans for hotels, malls and offices — that has slashed spreads.

A study by PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests that the woes of the department store industry stem from too many department store names competing for a dwindling supply of dollars.

With a dwindling supply of talent you will need to get better at recruiting, sourcing and marketing your jobs.

But with the dwindling supply of articling gigs and the increase in law grads, it is not a totally uncommon scenario.

How long will an ever - dwindling supply of coal remain the dominant source of global energy, and at what cost?

In fact, he says, the oil sands, combined with Alberta's growing mania for extracting natural gas from coal seams by injecting toxic chemicals into the ground — thereby poisoning some of the dwindling supply of drinking water — threaten to create a parched, deforested, polluted wasteland.

In addition to competing for a dwindling supply of CO2, photosynthesis consumes the limited supplies of nutrients.

The dwindling supply of coffee is but one example of the many impacts to come due to climate change, and should be a wake - up call for us all.

This is the only way that Microsoft can add to its dwindling supply of tent - pole titles, doing for a new series what Sony did for the likes of Horizon: Zero Dawn.

The property firm Colliers International argued in a white paper this week that locating marijuana greenhouses on the least arable portions of B.C.'s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) would be «a viable alternative» to the province's dwindling supply of industrial land — particularly in the 148,000 - acre South Coast Panel Region that includes Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

Right now, it looks like Amazon is pushing a dwindling supply of «all you can read» books on unsuspecting customers with one hand, and working covertly to kill Kindle Unlimited with the other.

Endlessly cold, with diminishing rations, 126 men fight to survive with poisonous food, a dwindling supply of coal, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice.

This site has just been launched this month by Penguin Random House purportedly to support the dwindling supply of independent bookshops in the UK.

This is partially due to customer demand and government regulations, but it is also due to the dwindling supply of oil.

With humanity having evolved down a rather vampiric path, you're a Revenant seeking to find a way to wean yourself and others off the dwindling supply of fresh blood, fighting your way past those that have given into their bloodlust and become Lost.

The series, which was renewed through a fifth season in mid-2013, may be nearing its end, if not for viewership declines (ratings have been hard to come by and never very impressive) than for a dwindling supply of creativity.

Klaus Kinski plays the mutinous Aguirre, the soldier that is second in command of this expedition, who leads his ever - dwindling supply of men and slaves into the vast and untamed jungles of Peru in search of conquests, fame, glory, and wealth beyond their imaginations.

When the humans that survived the outbreak are suddenly in great need of a solution to their dwindling supply of fuel, they get the idea of starting up an old dam to provide them with power.

American farms like this iceberg lettuce field owned by Duda Farm Fresh Foods outside Salinas, Calif., are facing a dwindling supply of farmworkers from rural Mexico.

And while we are growing food in greater densities than ever before, they are all drawing from this same dwindling supply of magnesium.

We're polluting the dwindling supply of freshwater.

Tucked away in Oregon's Willamette Valley, three massive metal cones could help address the world's dwindling supply of phosphorus, the crucial ingredient of fertilizers that has made modern agriculture possible.

Researchers are stepping up efforts to develop a safe blood substitute amid a growing demand and dwindling supply of the real thing to treat trauma victims and blood disorders such as potentially deadly types of anemia.

For farmers and ranchers in Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula during a six - year drought, the farther away they lived from urban areas, the more likely they were to have to make changes to cope with the dwindling supply of water, according to a Portland State University study.

We save our dwindling supply of bags (including those as mentioned above) for absolute necessities.

Two weeks later she states matter of factly that she «just doesn't feel it anymore» and you're stuck on Donner Pass with winter setting in with no money and a dwindling supply of cigarettes.

So yes, if the dairy industry were ever concerned about a dwindling supply of consumers, they need fear nothing from me.

It's time to come down soon, but first we have to finish off the dwindling supply of sweets.

Economists doubt the jobless rate can fall that low again without touching off inflation, as employers are forced to offer higher pay to attract workers from a dwindling supply of unemployed.

These import numbers show there is still a rock solid economic case for Keystone: Supplanting the dwindling supply of crude from Mexico and Venezuela.

The higher costs have led to rationing of dwindling supplies of the less expensive generic drugs to avoid purchasing the more expensive name brand treatments.

I refer to the large spectrum of challenges that we now associate with ecology — world population, food supply, pollution, dwindling supplies of nonrenewable natural resources, and so on.

It can supplement our dwindling supplies of oil.

The floral turnover may have affected terrestrial vertebrate communities as the loss of wetland habitat space and an increase in arid climate adapted plants may have dwindled the supply of palatable vegetation for herbivores.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a new, carbon - neutral way to convert vegetable - based fuels to syngas, a breakthrough that could allow producers to power hydrogen fuel cells or create a replacement for America's dwindling supplies of natural gas, all without relying on fossil fuels.

The role of thyroid hormone in the transition to a low - carb diet suggests that a thyroid hormone called reverse T3 may be produced as a way to signal the body to slow down, and insulin resistance may actually result as a way for the body to hold on to that suddenly dwindled supply of glucose.

Instead of occupying a certain area on the map, you have to get into a marked vehicle, whether it's a bike, car, van, or truck, and drive it around the level at high enough speeds in order to dwindle the supply of tickets from the enemy team.

State executions are hovering near 26 - year lows, partly due to dwindling supplies of lethal drugs and growing legal scrutiny from courts...

You know, with the dwindling supplies of fossil fuels, I may have to think about replacing lumps of coal next year.

Robust growth in home prices amid dwindling supplies of homes for sale over the last several years has curtailed affordability and the HOI, though still positive, is on a declining track as a result.

Not exact matches

With a dwindling ready - labor supply and the escalating costs of attracting good workers, each new hire becomes increasingly consequential.

When the supply of copper dwindled in 1773, the Connecticut General Assembly decided to turn the shafts and tunnels into a prison.

It was driven by growing Chinese and other Far East demand and by dwindling oil supplies following the peak of conventional production in 2005.

High oil prices in 2007 and 2008 were due to a large and persistent production supply deficit because of high demand from China and the Far East, and dwindling supplies following the peak of conventional oil production in 2005 (Figures 15 and 17).

What happens when the supply of low - hanging fruit dwindles?

In a world of dwindling oil supplies and steadily mounting demand, there is no such thing as cheap oil.

A bird flu virus wiped out millions of chickens on commercial farms this spring, causing egg supplies to dwindle and prices to skyrocket.