Sentence examples for subsistence which from inspiring English sources

It's a lifestyle Alaskans call "subsistence", which is as much cultural tradition as economic necessity in one of the state's most northern villages.

And this is the only mode of keeping population on a level with the means of subsistence, which is perfectly consistent with virtue and happiness.

The current Chief of Staff receives a basic pay of $8,000 a year, $2,200 a year for extra expenses during his four-year term of office, and an annual allowance of $432 for "subsistence," which means food.

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".

Moreover, people would still need to cultivate for subsistence, which would force them to cover a long distance every day.

If one puts the paradoxical and nonsensical cases aside, Meinong's table of categories according to the modes of being looks as follows: Being has two modes, to wit existence, which is linked with time, and mere subsistence, which is timeless.

Several indigenous people also spoke on Tuesday in favour of their own subsistence hunting, which is allowed under commission rules.

Growing flowers is hard work, but no more so than subsistence farming, which is the alternative; and it pays better.

This provides employment for people who previously lived via subsistence agriculture, which puts them among the poorest of the poor.

"The GM industry appears to be expanding its grasp over traditional subsistence crops which had, until recently, been disregarded," it said.

Their meagre economy is based upon stock raising (goats) and subsistence farming, which do not adequately support the region's population of about 6,000.