standard of comfort
Example Sentences
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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)
People lived simply and did not exact a high standard of comfort.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson
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.
The standard of comfort in mere material things is now so high in well-to-do households that to a healthy nature the millionaire can add little to it.
From The Map of Life Conduct and Character by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Even in the textile factories, with the exception of weaving, most of the scales of wages are below what would suffice to keep the recipient in the standard of comfort provided by the family wage.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
