Sentence examples for of a subsistence from inspiring English sources

Farming was generally of a subsistence character.

He abandoned the penniless existence of a subsistence fisherman to become a big-city vegetable seller.

Agriculture is mainly of a subsistence nature, but almonds, dried figs, and apricots are exported.

Centuries of a subsistence lifestyle gave way to instant gratification in the form of food, laptops, new vehicles, freezers, motorbikes.

After nearly four decades of independence from Denmark and the EU, Christiania's dream of a subsistence lifestyle, free from capitalist constraints and social segregation, is finally coming to an end.

Born in the mountain village of La Tuna, in Mexico's wild and craggy Sierra Madre Occidental, he was the oldest child of a subsistence farmer who dabbled in the drug trade.

It would seem that the enlistment of labour on a subsistence basis is now forbidden – except in one state: the holy state of matrimony.

The enlistment of labour on a subsistence basis is now forbidden in Britain, except in one state – the holy state of matrimony.

Millions of people in the West are now worried about the relegation of their life to a subsistence one.

"He has done this more than once," says Lalitha Raju Singh, a mother-of-three who earns a subsistence wage cutting vegetables at a roadside stall.

But this does sort of sound like a subsistence culture in northern Europe.