standard of comfort
Example Sentences
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It might, therefore, appear that as one industry after another fell under machine-production, the tendency of machine-development must necessarily make for a general elevation of the standard of comfort among the working classes.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
People lived simply and did not exact a high standard of comfort.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson
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)
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
"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
