She had withdrawn half of that precious reserve in £50 notes that now formed a hefty lump in the pocket of her linen jacket.

Desperately I pull out a pint of my precious reserve, unscrew the cap, and pull on the bag.

Mr Brown was livid at the way £1 billion in precious foreign reserves was poured down the drain during the sterling fiasco a fortnight ago.

The latter constitutes a very precious reserve which should be rationally exploited.

Twice more Tom used the dyna-sphere to slow it down, forcing the pilot to burn up precious reserves of rocket fuel.

Not much, for desert travel, but it helped to conserve their precious reserve.

Brazil's ability to control the devaluation will be driven by its willingness to spend precious reserves defending the real.

He has spent 30 days here in the last two months, and he is using some of his precious reserve of campaign funds on last-minute television advertisements.

It is classied as a precious natural reserve in Päijänne Tavastia county.

She said she wanted the city to pay her overdue bills so she would not have to deplete her own precious reserves as an alternative to welfare.