standard of comfort
Example Sentences
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"Pitch your standard of comfort high, and your income will look after itself," is scarcely an unfair description of the rule of prudent imprudence they inculcated on working people.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
One class holds land of a fertility, quantity, and situation that enables the occupier to live at a reasonable standard of comfort out of the produce, and pay a rent.
From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.
I have been so far particular in my remarks concerning the Ballinrobe widow, in order to compare the inland standard of comfort with that prevailing on the sea-coast.
From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.
I once made a German exceedingly angry by saying that the standard of comfort was higher in England than in Germany.
From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.
It is not then precisely with the "standard of comfort" of male and female workers that we are concerned.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
