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)
Just as it is admitted that the result of an equal shortening of hours will be different in every trade, so will the result of a given rise in standard of comfort be different.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
Free maintenance for children should be accepted by trade unionists as tending to raise the standard of comfort.
From British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by Barker, J. Ellis
But much more investigation than has yet been possible would be necessary before it could be determined whether these instances of a higher standard of comfort are or are not exceptions to a general rule.
From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various
Everyone who knows Europe at all is aware of the high standard of comfort in all the small countries—Scandinavia, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland.
From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Angell, Norman
