7 sentences with 'raw'

Example sentences and phrases with the word raw and other words derived from it.


« Colonies abroad provided raw materials and, hopefully, the bullion itself. »
« These advances created a huge demand for the raw materials - rubber, minerals, cotton - that were components of the new technologies. »
« Overall, Byzantium traded its high-quality finished products to western Europe in exchange for raw materials such as ore and foodstuffs. »
« The raw economy became a major focus of warfare in the 17th century, as Europe's rival trading empires fought for territory and trade routes, not just for glory and dynastic lines. »
« Although raw silk (from silkworms) was only available in China, Seleucid subjects in Mesopotamia dominated the production of textiles from the raw material, creating a commodity of enormous value for markets further west. »
« In turn, textiles were the basis of the Industrial Revolution for direct practical reasons: raw materials were available in the American South through slave labour, and there was an endless market for textiles throughout Europe. »
« Although they had little reason to consider it, industrial workers in the north of England lived in a state of misery that was linked to an even worse one on the other side of the Atlantic: the slave-based cotton economy of the American South that provided the raw material. »

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