Sentence examples for basic but acceptable from inspiring English sources

A wage rate set to ensure a basic but acceptable standard of living.

It will examine how to take forward the idea of a "living wage", a level defined as enough "to ensure a basic but acceptable standard of living".

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation commissions an annual report in which members of the public are asked how much they believe a single person in Britain needs to afford "a basic but acceptable standard of living".

The foundation's chair, Mike Kelly, hopes businesses are becoming more aware of the benefits of paying the living wage, which is calculated to provide a basic but acceptable standard of living.

Mike Morrison, the head of pensions development at AXA Winterthur, says the findings ring true: "They are in agreement that for a basic but acceptable standard of living you would need £14,400 annually, or £1,200 per month".

The commission's definition of a living wage is "an hourly rate of income calculated according to a basic cost of living in the UK and defined as the minimum amount of money needed to enjoy a basic, but socially acceptable standard of living".

T-shirts are a basic but perfectly acceptable look.

Unconventional, but acceptable.

The high octaves were brittle but acceptable.

Gastrointestinal toxicity was significant but acceptable.

These biomarkers can be identified by using basic and acceptable techniques used in genomics and proteomics of JE virus.