Sentences with phrase «in scarce supply»

As with so many things in the industry today, complete data is in scarce supply and conflicting opinions are not.

At our BSRI partner schools, students are expected in first grade to be able to differentiate fact from opinion (a skill, alas, in scarce supply these days!).

Americans balk at some market - based reforms, such as paying more for teachers who work in fields like math and science, where quality teachers are in scarce supply.

In any line of work, those with the skills and stamina to tackle demanding leadership roles are in scarce supply.

«Imagine you are looking for a new Maths teacher for your school knowing that this type of professional is in scarce supply.

Limited crop production makes UMF 20 + in scarce supply.

Ladders were in scarce supply, so the team named them, which helped better locate and manage them.

She usually does this for bluefish and adds a little mayo to the mustard mixture, but sadly that condiment is in scarcer supply.

Not exact matches

We live in a deflationary world where demand is scarce and we're overloaded with supply.

Before 2008, bank reserves were scarce, and the Federal Reserve influenced overnight interest rates by making small adjustments in the supply of reserves.

It is also worth noting that austerity has constricted both the supply and liquidity of bonds, making them scarce in a time of high demand.

Zimbabwe has even banned the import of fruits and fresh vegetables, saying this is wasting scarce foreign currency resources although local producers warn that this may lead to shortages of apples and pears among other fruits that are in short supply locally

So aside from the fact that the gold sector has started a new cycle, the fundamental scarce nature of gold and the fact that it will become more difficult to access a steady supply in coming years, argues a compelling case for gold exposure now.

A boost in production can not happen without a substantial increase in water supply, and since Iraq has scarce freshwater resources, processed seawater is the only option.

The fleet of reactors in Japan could come back online anytime, and when it does, the price of relatively scarce supplies of yellowcake will probably rise.

In simplest terms, the law of supply and demand states that when an item is scarce, but many people want it, the...

The diamond industry is a classic example of a market where demand is high, but supply is made artificially scarce by companies selling fewer diamonds in order to keep prices high.

Q.: William and Paul Paddock, in their book Famine — 1975, maintain that the problem of allocating scarce medical supplies during emergencies and the problem of allocating scarce food supplies during a time of world famine are similar.

The Club of Rome report shows a future in which food, energy supplies, capital goods and mineral ores grow increasingly scarce.

The study of supply and demand in markets and how they allocate scarce resources.

It became popular in the 30s and 40s when supplies are scarce.

After careful evaluation, we learned that Hormel Foods does not have manufacturing operations in areas defined as water scarce regions by the World Resource Institute (annual renewable water supply per person < 1,700 cubic meters / person / year).

The first year is often a time of chaos and exhaustion for parents of multiples, with sleep a scarce commodity and dirty diapers in plentiful supply!

When supply is scarce, as it has been in recent years with a growing demand for donor milk, HMBANA banks are limited to serving the most vulnerable and critical babies in our communities.

Scarce cash for imports is one important incentive for diversifying the economy and to increase the domestic supply of goods, including in agriculture and manufacturing.

In many of our cities there is already competition for space, with high demand for both commercial and residential property and a scarce supply of land leading to rising prices.

The governor said President Buhari was applying his 1984 failed economic policy in which prices of goods were fixed not minding the cost of supply, such that essential commodities like milk and sugar became scarce and Nigerians were made to line up under the sun to buy rationed commodities.

Stores sold out of their stock in hours, and in some cities, the scarce supplies led to nylon riots, full - scale brawls among shoppers.

While demand for freshwater access continues to increase — after tripling in the last 50 years — global supplies are becoming scarcer.

According to the report, with little arable land and scarce water supplies, the region is one of the top food importers in the world.

«Our research indicates that highlighting abundance — presenting abundant rather than scarce supply of the available items, for example — could backfire, leading the designers or consumers in a focus group to be less creative.

Sure, details of supply and demand will affect the employment market — in some years, jobs will be abundant; in others, they will be scarce — but the demand for more and better stuff will never fade.

Meanwhile, in Australia, as summer temperatures hovered near 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47 degrees Celsius) and murderous flames converted forests into carbon dioxide, a new book entitled Overloading Australia: How Governments and Media Dither and Deny on Population issued an unusual ecological battle cry: ignore all admonitions to conserve the country's increasingly scarce water supplies until the government eliminates «baby bonuses» in the tax code and clamps down on immigration.

Loubani spent time working as an ER physician in hospitals in Gaza during wartime when medical supplies were often scarce.

Authors wrote that in the nearly quarter - million - square - mile Colorado River Basin, «climate change, record drought, population increases and environmental needs» are likely to make water supplies ever scarcer.

«During harsh Ice - Age winters, carbohydrates were scarce and fat was in limited supply.

This may be because source supplies are become scarcer, or because management is curtailing supplies in some countries, or it could simply be that logistics for shipping to Hong Kong are improving.»

In developing countries, where nitrogen fertilizer is scarce, insufficient plant nitrogen results in low crop yields and limited food supplieIn developing countries, where nitrogen fertilizer is scarce, insufficient plant nitrogen results in low crop yields and limited food suppliein low crop yields and limited food supplies.

Skinny thighs in the past were a serious liability, serving only to increase the risk of death when food supplies became scarce.

Elsewhere, water grabbers are building dams and sinking wells to corral scarce supplies, or getting into desalination, or playing the water markets in Australia and California.

In countries like India, where most retail stores are located in the heart of the city where rents are high and storage space is scarce supply chain management has even more serious business implicationIn countries like India, where most retail stores are located in the heart of the city where rents are high and storage space is scarce supply chain management has even more serious business implicationin the heart of the city where rents are high and storage space is scarce supply chain management has even more serious business implications.

In this tough economy, funding for classroom supplies is growing increasingly scarce.

In recent decades, public - private partnerships (PPPs) and private providers have emerged as major forces in education in the less - developed and developing worlds, often supplying the lion's share of education services where scarce resources have crippled state - run schoolinIn recent decades, public - private partnerships (PPPs) and private providers have emerged as major forces in education in the less - developed and developing worlds, often supplying the lion's share of education services where scarce resources have crippled state - run schoolinin education in the less - developed and developing worlds, often supplying the lion's share of education services where scarce resources have crippled state - run schoolinin the less - developed and developing worlds, often supplying the lion's share of education services where scarce resources have crippled state - run schooling.

Even wealthier districts paying higher salaries can not easily find math, science, special education and bilingual teachers, who are in especially scarce supply.

The school house was often in a deplorable condition with inadequate lighting, poor heating, too little ventilation, and scarce educational supplies.

Hoarding gold / commodities relies on the idea that they will be more scarce in the future, which is unlikely as prices rise to encourage more supply.

This feature makes it attractive to many corporate treasurers, who can use forward contracts to lock in a profit margin, lock in an interest rate, assist in cash planning, or ensure supply of a scarce resources.

In some poor countries, local health standards are poor, equipment and supplies are scarce and essential items, such as oxygen kits, are in short supplIn some poor countries, local health standards are poor, equipment and supplies are scarce and essential items, such as oxygen kits, are in short supplin short supply.

Also, in the case of the Halo games, the enemy AI acts «smarter» on higher difficulty levels, whereas some games simply alter some variables, making supplies less scarce and enemy health levels higher.

Sadly, due to the weak performance of the Western release of Dragon Quest 4 [$ 14.99] on the DS, Dragon Quest 5 was produced in very limited supplies, making it pretty scarce for a long period after its release.