Sentence examples for sole supports from inspiring English sources

Until the middle of the 20th century, private patronage and box-office revenue were still the sole supports of legitimate theatre in the United States, but eventually charitable support was encouraged by a structure of tax allowances and by philanthropic organizations such as the Ford Foundation.

It is 1932, there is rampant unemployment and he is the family's sole support.

But she could not, largely because she was the sole support of her mother and sisters.

Judith Dlamoni, 73, unemployed, divorced and broke, is now the sole support of a 4-year-old.

In 2002 Berbeen's husband became severely ill and Siraj was the family's sole support.

Mrs. Chatambalala is now the sole support for their four children.

Their father is blind, and Qais Mansoori was his parents' sole support, he said.

And since she was the sole support for her children, she couldn't sacrifice the real world for her art.

Mr. Tecalero, who earned $8 a hour, is the sole support of his seven brothers and sisters in Mexico.

To them, the market is a first step on their climb up the economic ladder, or their sole support.

A genteel, attractive woman of 50 or so, with luminous dark eyes, she is a Sudanese refugee and the sole support of her large refugee family.