Time was too precious a commodity this morning to be wasted!

He knew that time was a precious commodity right now.

Hope is a precious commodity, and we try to keep it alive.

Free access to information for everyone is too precious a commodity to lose.

A good night's sleep is fast becoming one of the most precious commodities money can buy.

Fresh water is a precious commodity and once ran very low while we were there.

It was a popular trade center, especially for precious commodities.

"Public space is a precious commodity," one senior administration official said.

Water is a precious commodity too long taken for granted in the West.

In these dark days, trust is a rare and precious commodity.