Sentence examples for hard labour that from inspiring English sources

But these resourceful kids know that education is the key to breaking the cycle of illiteracy and hard labour that runs through their families.This autobiographical novel, written in simple, conversational prose by Andrea Hirata, was a record-breaking bestseller in Indonesia when it was published in 2005.

The answer, she said, was that she spent so much time trying to raise money, gather dance-lovers to sit on boards and put on shows merely to raise funds that little energy was left for reflection, creation and the hard labour that lies behind all excellence.

His supporters saw union pensions, health benefits and worker protections as special privileges stolen from more productive sectors in the private economy, rather than as the just rewards for hard labour that – the logic once went – everyone deserves.

"No other girl can do the type of work, the hard labour, that I can do".

She also had, writes Hoffman, a peasant's "ancient notion - which came from centuries of hard labour - that the ideal state of life is getting enough rest..

It has been widely acknowledged since John Gott died after his nine months hard labour that the old law was a symbol of religious exclusivity.

Her strong build, partly a result of the hard physical labour that was her livelihood, ran counter to the largely middle-class notion that women were meant to be physically frail.

Hard labour at that.

She also had, writes Hoffman, a peasant's "ancient notion - which came from centuries of hard labour - that the ideal state of life is getting enough rest... laziness shows a certain luxuriance of character, the eroticism of valuing your pleasure.

And in 1969, Morrison was sentenced to four months' hard labour, a sentence that was still hanging over him, pending appeal, when he died in 1971, aged 27.

A senior US envoy who is due to travel to North Korea later this week has said he plans to appeal for the release of an American sentenced to 15 years' hard labour, but added that Washington had received no guarantees from Pyongyang that the man would be freed.