How To Use Oversupply In A Sentence

  • In a recent article, The Times newspaper suggested there could be an oversupply of natural gas in two years and prices could tumble.
  • There is concern in the local prawn fleet that if the larger pelagic trawlers cannot fish for cod and other species, they may diversify into prawn fishing and this may lead to an oversupply of prawns in the market and low prices.
  • The jump was unexpected because steel mills have curbed production to cope with oversupply and reduced output in preparation for the winter months. Times, Sunday Times
  • For this reason it is not in the interest of housebuilders to oversupply the market.
  • But that could cause another problem: If enough farmers pile into grain, it might cause an oversupply and depress prices.
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  • In a recent article, The Times newspaper suggested there could be an oversupply of natural gas in two years and prices could tumble.
  • This oversupply has driven commodity prices down worldwide.
  • The British steel industry has lost 5,000 jobs in the past year after prices collapsed because of global oversupply. Times, Sunday Times
  • The price of salmon slumped because of oversupply, hitting its already razor-thin margins. Times, Sunday Times
  • Although there is an oversupply of holiday property in some areas, property prices in the more sought-after Turkish resorts have risen steadily rather than spectacularly.
  • The oversupply of rental property has resulted in landlords cutting rents to attract tenants.
  • Sluggish growth in Europe and Japan would also be snuffed out and the oversupply of low value-added exports from China and emerging Asia would grind to a halt as rates rose sharply.
  • Meanwhile, various of the exporters, to get around their quotas and the languishing oil trade, turned to barter and countertrade—exchanging oil directly for weapons, planes, and industrial goods—which had the effect of increasing the oversupply of petroleum on the world market. The Prize
  • Speaking on behalf of the group, Liau accused China Steel of oversupplying Chinese steel markets in pursuit of exorbitant profits and ignoring the demands of local downstream businesses.
  • This oversupply has led to severe competition between the many of the players, which is often manifested as price reductions or discounts in order to clear excess inventory.
  • Could we turn our present oversupply in South Australia and Victoria into a cash bonanza?
  • OIL was yesterday at its cheapest since May 11 with experts predicting the global oversupply will keep the price down for up to two years. The Sun
  • Now, with the failed mediation and markets slowed by an oversupply of steel that has led to falling prices, the company's future again is clouded.
  • Yet nowadays we have an oversupply of some food, which has led to a scheme of set aside when farmers are paid not to produce food. Times, Sunday Times
  • The oversupply of rental property has resulted in landlords cutting rents to attract tenants.
  • In any industry, oversupply leads to price reductions and pressure on profit margins.
  • So many new plants will be coming on line this year that commodities investors and analysts are beginning to worry about an oversupply or glut of power.
  • During the downturn, northern cities such as Manchester were left with a huge oversupply of rental apartments because too many were built. Times, Sunday Times
  • What we saw here was a manifestation of a global oversupply problem in emerging markets.
  • We have an oversupply of unsold cars in the garage showroom.
  • Today oversupply has helped bring down London rents to bargain basement levels.
  • It was Taine who famously described the Jacobin revolution as the product of an impoverished salariat, an oversupply of educated labour: "students in garrets, bohemians in lodgings, physicians without patients and lawyers without clients in lonely Offices…so many Marats, Robespierres, and St Justs in embryo. The Guardian World News
  • Ultimately they brought out enough nuts to put the market in an oversupply position and the price advance came to a screeching halt and slowly but surely the market started to inch its way down.
  • The corporation also referred to high interest rates and gas prices, as well as an oversupply of used trucks, as sources of declining sales.
  • But he also warned that there would be downward pressure on price because of an oversupply of milk production is riding high at around four per cent higher than last year.
  • The transport sector was down 2.97 percent after profit-taking among shipping stocks triggered by reports that bulk shipping rates are likely to weaken due to oversupply next year.
  • Dairy UK is concerned that the problem of oversupply will get much worse unless young people can be persuaded of the benefits of dairy products. Times, Sunday Times
  • OIL was yesterday at its cheapest since May 11 with experts predicting the global oversupply will keep the price down for up to two years. The Sun
  • There are also concerns about an oversupply of property in China. Times, Sunday Times
  • The coffee market is suffering from oversupply.
  • A national audit in the mid-nineties showed an oversupply of teachers.
  • The company blamed widespread illegal mining in Bangka Belitung province for oversupplying the tin market and dragging the price of the commodity down.
  • While oversupply of goods produced by the stronger economy is possible, that economy's strengths generally cushion it better from adversity.
  • A NY Times article on the entrance of yaks into the U.S. culinary market says that there is actually an oversupply of buffalo, after a period of speculation when prices shot up.
  • The coffee market is suffering from oversupply.
  • A healthy supply of new homes can all too easily become an oversupply.
  • The British steel industry has lost 5,000 jobs during the past year after prices collapsed under the weight of a huge global oversupply. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hopefully, we'll have hundreds of civil servants setting up in due course when decentralisation comes on stream, so there's no danger of oversupplying the housing market.
  • They are indicative of what's happening in the industry in terms of massive oversupply and massive shortage of demand. Times, Sunday Times
  • With a worldwide oversupply of vehicles, new car prices are coming under pressure as never before and used cars are going for a song.
  • Meanwhile, lower than expected demand for mobile phones and fears of an oversupply of memory chips have pared the prices of major memory chip and semiconductor makers.
  • They are indicative of what's happening in the industry in terms of massive oversupply and massive shortage of demand. Times, Sunday Times
  • Visitors from industry will once again criticise the sheer numbers of graduates there and question the thinking behind such oversupply - the vast majority won't get jobs as designers and will be justifiably upset when the truth sinks in. Archive 2004-05-01
  • An oversupply of land will reduce land prices and that will eventually reflect itself in house prices.
  • During the downturn, northern cities such as Manchester were left with a huge oversupply of rental apartments because too many were built. Times, Sunday Times
  • There are also concerns about an oversupply of property in China. Times, Sunday Times
  • To help reduce its oversupply, the agency would supply the rice allowances provided to civil servants, among other measures.
  • The British steel industry has lost 5,000 jobs during the past year after prices collapsed under the weight of a huge global oversupply. Times, Sunday Times
  • If the mutually-owned insurer's investment trust holdings flood on to the market, the oversupply could depress share prices in many funds and allow arbitrageurs to build aggressive stakes.
  • With a declining population, and therefore falling rolls, Tokoroa has an oversupply of classrooms in primary schools - an excess of 14.
  • While the government claims its move to cull mining operations is driven by safety concerns, the closures are primarily aimed at stemming an oversupply of coal that has held down prices.
  • Mr Rooke said some premium retail sites might find it harder to snare tenants at existing rents, but B-grade retail space would be hardest hit by any oversupply.
  • This resulted in an oversupply of peanuts, soybeans, pecans, and sweet potatoes.
  • A two-tier property market is emerging in Britain, with falling prices and an oversupply of rental accommodation in the south and capital appreciation now only being felt in the north of the country.
  • DUBAI — Dubai's Cityscape real-estate exhibition will start Monday at a time of continuing concerns over market oversupply in the emirate, which is hampering recovery two years after the burst of a local property bubble. Dubai Kicks Off Cityscape Amid Oversupply Concerns
  • The oversupply of rental property has resulted in landlords cutting rents to attract tenants.
  • This resulted in an oversupply of peanuts, soybeans, pecans, and sweet potatoes.
  • The website says an oversupply of smaller homes on sale has encouraged more first-timers to consider buying. Times, Sunday Times
  • That kind of oversupply, he figures, could push prices back down to $ 18 a barrel or so.
  • According to him, the oversupply would cause palm oil prices to remain low, at about $260 per ton at least until next year.
  • Global prices of fishmeal, fish oil and canned fish are at an all-time low and markets are stagnant due to oversupply, mostly from South Africa but also from Thailand, Chile and Peru.
  • But growth fostered by the building of railroads, in addition to eventually oversupplying the market with goods and flooding the Southwest with tourists and migrants, brought a heavy toll in the lives and liberty of Native Americans.
  • The British steel industry has lost 5,000 jobs in the past year after prices collapsed because of global oversupply. Times, Sunday Times
  • The coffee market is suffering from oversupply.

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