Sentence examples for great affluence from inspiring English sources

"You have areas of poverty and areas of great affluence and less of a middle".

He grew up in great affluence in Larchmont, New York, surrounded by servants and protected from any unsuitable contacts.

Within America's great affluence, nearly 50 million people live in poverty, defined as income below $23,550 for a family of four.

Poverty co-exists with great affluence and inequalities correlate with race.

It was not until he returned to California, the place of his youth, that he found great affluence.

He's basically referring to the way reputations in Washington can become slightly ruffled, but this is never something that accomplishes exclusion or shunning or shame or takes anyone off the path to great affluence.

In response to this greater affluence, they gradually increase their spending.

Foreign residents say DVDs from South Korea are helping to spread knowledge of the South's far greater affluence.

But with Japan's declining birth rate and greater affluence, the number of annual sumo applicants has been steadily falling.

As population growth and greater affluence increased the world's demand for calories, for instance, agricultural productivity grew, which in turn increased supply.

Greater affluence also led to more private homes being built, so that by the mid 1960s house building peaked at more than 400,000 a year.