Sentence examples for On ration from inspiring English sources

They were still on ration books.

But sugar rationing did not end in Britain until September 1953 and meat was still on ration until July 1954.

My return to England was celebrated by bread going on ration, so that there was nothing really to engender my affection for the country".

Unlike the rest of the labour force, their productivity is improving.But the majority who work in the state sector earn Cuban pesos, live on ration books and can barely make ends meet unless they receive remittances from abroad or do informal jobs illegally.

The only thing allowed on ration for a wedding was two pounds of cooked ham, and nothing more.

At that time it was hard to find any cigarettes, and sweets and stockings were on ration, so that was very good.

Almost all the children had at least one living parent in Sierra Leone, but their parents were subsisting on rations in the amputee camp.

And anyone who has met Duncan would think his comment about "living on rations" could well be a joke, albeit a typically silly one.

They're not going to do it," said a former embassy official who worked on ration-related issues.

Says Newman: "We lived on rations".

They lived on rations and furtive acts of kindness.