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a collection of precious objects
precious stones
This letter is really precious to me because it's the last one that Pete ever wrote.
The continuous decline in precious-metal content was the safety valve that made possible the stability of prices expressed in trade coins.
Precious metal coinages and the mass disbursements of imported wine, attested in a few regions archaeologically, fit comfortably into an analysis of this kind.
Look at it this way: in some moods, or in some contexts, one might think that human beings are precious.
One has taken care to use those that are most rare and most precious in those places closest to the king's person.
One can learn much from one's own errors and precious little from one's triumphs.
The technology itself was simple enough for a child to figure out, and inexpensive enough that adults were not precious about it.
A procession of priests making an offering of blood or something precious.
We rely on them to cultivate a very precious natural resource, brainpower, and they consume a significant part of total government expenditure.
One final example of material evidence that indicates social inequality is metalwork, especially that produced in precious metals.
In addition, advances in surgical techniques increasingly allow for smaller biopsies, and precious tissue samples are quickly exhausted.
There were precious few defenders of this institution.
A literary work itself may also function as a crypt for this author, a way of holding onto someone or something precious yet problematic.
Precious substances, needing environmental stability, are sometimes stored in chalk.
In addition, it was necessary to recover the precious metals from the waste produced by goldsmiths or in the minting of coins.
Also, interpreting time is precious, so routine consultations are missing the interpreting time as the interviews need an interpreter.
