Resource

//ɹɪˈzɔːs//

"Resource" in a Sentence (17 examples)

The one resource more precious than any other was land.

Water is a natural resource of vital importance.

He had no other resource but to run away.

Wood is a disappearing resource in much of Africa, and these stoves burn far less wood than the stoves currently in much use.

This is international common sense, the great principle of resource management.

Water law is the field of law dealing with the ownership, control, and use of water as a resource.

Gas is an important natural resource.

I use the Internet as a resource for my research.

A library is the best resource for books.

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Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,[…]. This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.

By French-Style Revolution I don't mean a violent overthrow of the ruling elite as much as a tumultuous reset of how resources and power are distributed. Systems become vulnerable to such resets when they become highly asymmetrical in how they distribute resources and power, and rigid in their defense of the extreme inequality of the distribution.

a man or woman of resource

This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.

All children receive it and, for the most part, do so in institutions that are approved by the state and, to a greater or lesser extent, resourced by the state.

European retailers resourcing supplies from domestic to foreign firms generate adjustment pressures in the European Union in the same way that cross-border production unbundling does. Also, more channels with a potential impact on[…]

[The] army found themselves having problems resourcing supplies for their army. The capture of the fortified city of Maastricht would help alleviate this strategical problem of unreliable sources of supplies and would allow Catholic France to[…]

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