Standard of living
a standard of living (noun) - a country's per capita income, the average income of people in the country, or other measures of the quality of life in a country compared to other countries
the factory workers enjoy a high standard of living
the right to an adequate standard of living
allow a husband to retire in a similar standard of living to that which he enjoyed while working
improve the standard of living
depress the standard of living
inflation depressed the standard of living of the rural poor
protect, if not improve, their standard of living
those whose standard of living is already at or above the average
having her dream house and her luxury standard of living
happy contented people enjoying the highest standard of living in the region
deliver the promise of a higher standard of living
average incomes do not reveal the true comparable standard of living
strive to maintain and improve the standard of living of pensioners
the pension will rise according to the cost of living
the standard of living of labour
see a drop in their standard of living
an acceptable standard of living
maintain this standard of living
improvement in their standard of living
a thoroughly spartan standard of living
a relatively low standard of living
the returning prosperity of the countryside brought a markedly higher standard of living
earning sufficient money to rent an elegant apartment, marry, and enjoy a reasonable standard of living
forced into less desirable but more lucrative employment elsewhere in order to support an acceptable standard of living
a large community of expatriates enjoying a relaxed, high standard of living
end up below the minimum standard of living required to lead a decent, self-fulfilling life
mixed economies which enjoyed a fairly high standard of living and whose diversified resources included some heavy industry
retired people who have worked all their lives are entitled to a decent standard of living
protest at energy price rises imposed on Jan. 1 and at the fall in the standard of living
attracting people from the rural areas into the cities, in search of work and a better standard of living
when planning your retirement, give yourself a reasonable standard of living in terms of income
in many households the modern standard of living depends on married women finding jobs
maintain and improve America's competitive performance, and America's standard of living, over the long haul
the rural population today is better housed, better educated and generally in receipt of a higher standard of living than at any time in the past
she'd never been rejected before and she felt angry and humiliated, particularly as
she saw her standard of living about to fall
experiencing a lower standard of living than would be possible without rising levels of unemployment
people's standard of living hinged broadly on their position in the landholding hierarchy
warn employers that the problems of industry could not constantly be tackled at the expense of the standard of living of the workers
to indulge their taste in war, to meet a higher standard of living, to pay for their ever more costly gifts to their friends, their superiors and inferiors, and above all to the Church, to indulge their taste for extravagant building, and to give dowries to their daughters and patrimonies to their younger sons
Example sentences:
* Such tiny personal estates owned by eminent persons underline the initial impression of a thoroughly spartan standard of living in the North Country.
* As the century wore on, the returning prosperity of the countryside brought a markedly higher standard of living in its train for those best able to exploit their opportunities;, the revival of trade facilitated the acquisition of luxuries.
* This means that society is increasingly experiencing a lower standard of living than would be possible without rising levels of unemployment.
* Working hours are similar to our own and the factory workers enjoy a high standard of living.
* Retirement usually brings with it not only the loss of the largest single activity in which people have engaged, but also a massive drop in income, standard of living and social status.
* In due course we shall see that people's standard of living hinged broadly on their position in the landholding hierarchy, and it will be necessary to examine this after reviewing the material conditions it enabled them to enjoy.
* It is the one approach that can maintain and improve America's competitive performance, and America's standard of living, over the long haul.
* The rural population today is better housed, better educated and generally in receipt of a higher standard of living than at any time in the past.
* Consequently, for many carers, subsidising the living expenses of an elderly or disabled person in order to provide them with what the carer considers to be an acceptable standard of living is an integral part of care-giving.
* That we advocate the immediate implementation of the Scottish Old People's Chapter, to strive to maintain and improve the standard of living of pensioners by ensuring that the pension will rise according to the cost of living or er or livings or earnings, which er whichever is the most advantageous .
* In previous relationships it had always been Lotta who had moved on to better things; she'd never been rejected before and she felt angry and humiliated, particularly as she saw her standard of living about to fall.
* If a local compromise between capital and labour is helpful to both accumulation and the standard of living of labour (which it can be for a time), then most factions of the bourgeoisie and the working classes may support it.
* So when you're planning your retirement, make sure that you give yourself a reasonable standard of living in terms of income.
* Certainly we want to improve the standard of living.
* It had a cathartic effect upon government and employers and permitted the working classes at least to protect, if not improve, their standard of living.
* They would deny the right of those whose standard of living is already at or above the average to any further improvement until the submerged fifth had been given more or less equivalent benefits.
* What might Mrs Hopeful say to describe the reasons which prevent, or constrain, her from having her dream house and her luxury standard of living ?
* In many households the modern standard of living depends on married women finding jobs, often in service occupations, on a scale much greater than in the previous generation.
* At first he made a great success of his new-found freedom, earning sufficient money to rent an elegant apartment, marry, and enjoy a reasonable standard of living.
* Only if some people, because of their special circumstances, because they are crippled or lack talents prized in the market, end up below the minimum standard of living required to lead a decent, self-fulfilling life.
* As a result, they have been forced into less desirable but more lucrative employment elsewhere in order to support an acceptable standard of living.
* The State of Bahrain is the banking and commercial centre of the Arabian Gulf, with a large community of expatriates enjoying a relaxed, high standard of living.
* Then there were mixed economies which enjoyed a fairly high standard of living and whose diversified resources included some heavy industry, but where no one branch of the economy predominated.
* He could have boasted to world leaders of the model communist state he and his comrades have created, now widely recognised in the world, with happy contented people enjoying the highest standard of living in the Eastern bloc.
* We believe that retired people who have worked all their lives are entitled to a decent standard of living.
* Yet, faced with the harsh fact that saving will benefit neither himself nor his family and frugality be of profit to none of his prospective beneficiaries, a rich man who has been generous in life will be encouraged to a prodigal standard of living.
* Targets included universal provision of drinking water by 1995, greater land and power generation availability and a rise in the standard of living.
HLF 1941 A nationwide one-hour strike of 2,000,000 Solidarity trade union members was mounted on Jan. 13 to protest at energy price rises imposed on Jan. 1 and at the fall in the standard of living.
* This had the effect of attracting people from the rural areas into the cities, in search of work and a better standard of living, which, in turn, placed unbearable strains on urban social and economic infrastructures.
* They were mostly from Hargeisa, townspeople with a reasonable standard of living.
* Europe has a destiny to fulfil, and in years to come it will become apparent that the best Europe is one which rejects interventionist mediocrity in favour of a European Community which will deliver the promise of a higher standard of living and political pre-eminence so justly deserved by all Europeans.
* Another potentially distorting factor is that whilst average incomes can be compared between one country and another, they do not of themselves reveal the true comparable standard of living, nor the comparable potential markets for all products.
* The right to the pursuit of happiness and the right to an adequate standard of living are dead opposites, as opposite as the right to pursue something and the right to be given something, as opposite as the demand for minimum compulsion in society and the demand for maximum compulsion.
* By the end of 1926, the General Council was advancing the argument, with some justification, that the General Strike had only been an attempt to warn employers that the problems of industry could not constantly be tackled at the expense of the standard of living of the workers.
* For a variety of reasons the European nobility of the eleventh and twelfth centuries were coming increasingly to need money: to indulge their taste in war, to meet a higher standard of living, to pay for their ever more costly gifts to their friends, their superiors and inferiors, and above all to the Church, to indulge their taste for extravagant building, and to give dowries to their daughters and patrimonies to their younger sons.
* You know both sides were very happy you know it was up with the company or down with the company you know, and I think certainly the younger lads sort of saw it as an infringement upon their future, you know we've all got mortgages and the o older men who'd been working since the quarry started you know were gonna see a drop in their standard of living, so I think you know people were getting a bit upset you know that a n a new fella h a new face had come in, and all of a sudden you know changes were being made that were gonna hurt everybody financially.
* It did not expand in a big way until the late eighteenth century when population growth and parliamentary enclosure depressed the standard of living of the poorest sections of rural society.
* Instead, conditioned by the nature of the family economy inherited from days of lower wage-dependency, they regarded earnings above those necessary for a customary material standard of living as a surplus which could be spent on leisure, festivities and luxuries.
* What other reasons might account for this urban rural wage differential, just generally higher standard of living er just cost, just prices er yeah, the cost the cost of living may well be higher and as a result employers have to pay higher wages,
* Is it right that the people who reside along this route, particularly Coombe Drive (which is totally residential) are to pay through the poll tax for lowering their standard of living?
* The original intention was to allow a husband to retire in a similar standard of living to that which he enjoyed while working and to allow his surviving widow to be comfortable after his death.
