standard of comfort
Example Sentences
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Mean and comfortless dwellings imply not only a low standard of comfort, but often a low morality.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
In short, the efficiency of labour was found to vary with tolerable accuracy in accordance with the standard of comfort or real wages.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
A high standard of comfort and efficient work is the cheapest way of living in the long run.
From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various
In the United States and in a few trades of Holland, where the standard of comfort was as high or higher than in the corresponding English industries, more or better work was done.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
It might be long before he could offer her the lowest standard of comfort necessary for an Englishwoman in a hot, foreign country.
From Brandon of the Engineers by Bindloss, Harold
