Sentence examples for the subsistence from inspiring English sources

Moreover, the subsistence character of farming curtailed internal trade.

Thus, the subsistence theory seemed to fit the facts.

The "subsistence" wage itself might rise, for example.

Since the 18th century, the subsistence farming region had been a neglected backwater of Austria-Hungary.

"They can't ignore the subsistence fishers in that river," he said.

(This excludes the subsistence farms where 4m black families eke out a living).

These small individual plots became devoted to the subsistence crops traditionally cultivated by peasants.

In practice it has done nothing for the subsistence farmers of the semi-arido.

"The subsistence level is only a conventional idea, and conventions change," Sir Arthur pointed out.

Land is scarce for the subsistence farmers who still make up most of Malawi's 16m people.

Life for most of the population was simple and probably close to the subsistence level.