Sentence examples for economic pursuits from inspiring English sources

Other economic pursuits include weaving, pottery making, and metalworking.

The differing economic pursuits of Hima and Iru gave rise to different modes of life.

Contemporary outdoor events usually are based on local history or economic pursuits.

Vegetable growing and poultry breeding have traditionally been the main rural economic pursuits.

ON PARENTING The demands of modern life often have a negative effect on family life, especially when economic pursuits limit the time parents spend with their children.

I, too, am sceptical about the importance of government support for manufacturing, or indeed of the broader merit of manufacturing activity, relative to other economic pursuits.

Dairy farming is the principal economic pursuit in the area.

The major economic pursuit is the cultivation of rice, dry rice in the highlands and wet in the valleys.

"It's called the right-to-farm benefit, which says that farming is a legitimate economic pursuit in Westchester," Mr. Kaplowitz said, adding that farmland is the most cost-effective way to maintain open space in the county.

Christian religious devotion had historically been accompanied by rejection of mundane affairs, including economic pursuit.

Why, we might ask, do we so easily accept the assumption that we're hard-wired for a specific economic pursuit?