vital commodity

collocation in English

meaningsofvitalandcommodity

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vital
adjective
uk
/ˈvaɪ.təl/us
/ˈvaɪ.t̬əl/
necessary for the success or continued existence of something; ...
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commodity
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈmɒd.ə.ti/us
/kəˈmɑː.də.t̬i/
a substance or product that can be traded, bought, ...
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(Definition ofvitalandcommodityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It cannot be said too often that land is thevitalcommodityfor the provision of houses.
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What is being done concerning home sales of thisvitalcommodity, which has so important a rôle in the country's economy?
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However, the jam here is thatvitalcommodity, coal.
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What we seek is fair and substantial regulation of it, because it provides avitalcommodity: on that we can agree.
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What a confession of the total inadequacy of the capitalist organisation in the distribution of avitalcommodity, because that is what it comes to.
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We do not want to prejudice their development or to give the impression that we are trying to hinder their export of avitalcommodity.
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Is it not against the public interest that thisvitalcommodityshould be in the iron grip of such a small number of people?
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The reduction of consumption of water might be a means of getting industry to contribute to the saving of thatvitalcommodity.
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We are creating a monopoly, and a monopoly in an absolutelyvitalcommodity.
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Two hundred and fifty thousand of the men who produced thisvitalcommoditywere walking the streets unemployed and starving.
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They have only just discovered that there is a great shortage of thatvitalcommodityin the country.
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I am glad that positive emphasis has been placed in our debate upon thatvitalcommodity.
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Used properly, it is avitalcommodity, but it is dangerous, because it can escape and it is highly explosive, toxic and inflammable.
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We should be a little more respectful when dealing with the veryvitalcommodityof coal.
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In other countries they treat water as avitalcommodity.
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It is said that we should not privatise water because it is avitalcommodity.
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Our agents have ransacked countries to find the last ounce of avitalcommodity, and have bought it.
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Opencast mining is a means of obtaining such deposits of thisvitalcommodityto aid our economic recovery and our export trade.
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It is avitalcommodity, not only for our re-armament programme, but also for the export trade.
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Cement is avitalcommodityin all building operations.
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