standard of comfort
Example Sentences
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But while the general standard of comfort has been rising, the proportion of the population who are unable to obtain it has been diminishing.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
"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
Next to a necessary in this respect will come what is termed a "conventional necessary," something which by custom has been firmly implanted as an integral portion of the standard of comfort.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
It is easy to conjure up conditions under which the standard of comfort of wage-earners in England would be seriously threatened.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
By keeping up the standard of comfort among the poor themselves; 2.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various
