Importantly, smallholder farmers are taking ownership of their business and moving from mere subsistence to providing food for others.
After years of mere subsistence living he was able to enjoy success.
Meanwhile, I would summarize it this way: Markets, property rights, freedom of enterprise, etc., create the material basis for getting beyond mere subsistence, which in turn is a necessary precondition "for organized self-government and modern civil rights".
A sense of security for members of society in need bumped down to mere subsistence.
The state of Louisiana and our nation must do more to provide economic security, not mere subsistence, to women often bearing the brunt of responsibility for keeping families afloat.
In between, for people who do not have a hedge-fund account and yet want to retire on more than mere subsistence, there are pensions and 401 k)'s.
Despite the struggle to survive, the goal wasn't mere subsistence or corporeal existence but a life, entailing a nuanced inner life — the life of the imagination, of fancy and dream, of dramas and, for that matter, of comedies that surpassed the ordeal of mere perseverance.
The ideal real distinction is to be explained by the terms "existence", "subsistence", and "mere subsistence".
Rao and Baer [40] and Rao and Min [7] argue that "decent" standards of living should include considerations beyond mere subsistence needs such as access to communication technology and refrigeration as well as education and health services, implying the need for infrastructure build-out in developing nations.
As a part of the Caring for Cambodia gender equity program initiative, staff members visit Kong in hopes of bringing her back to school and helping her secure a future beyond mere subsistence.
