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Sentence Examples A great many people depend for their livelihood on these paths being open, not just for recreation. This is just one of the workers who depends on this industry for a livelihood. She gave myself and my crew a livelihood and we depended on her for our safety, but it is time to move on. His life and his livelihood depended on the continued good health of his son. It's true the timber trade provides a livelihood for some inhabitants of the region, but not for long. Nearly all have to adjust to both the responsibilities of freedom and the challenge of earning their livelihood. You want to be there for the children but this is our livelihood, our career. These poor souls also need investments to enable them to find jobs to earn a livelihood. Principally publicans and restaurateurs, who believe that their livelihood is directly threatened. They were always careful not to saw away the branch upon which their own livelihood was precariously, if tenaciously, hanging. He is talking about people in mid-20th century harvesting a substantial part of their sustenance and livelihood from fish, game and furbearers. Similarly, her concern for the fisherfolk and their fears over the possible loss of livelihood if the canal fructifies may not be misplaced. I needed to clear my name cos that's my livelihood, for myself and my fans. The trials have provoked fierce opposition from local people, particularly organic farmers and beekeepers who fear for their livelihood. For the footsoldiers of such opposition are usually the same poor peons whose livelihood derives from cultivating cannabis or coca. They say workers are made to pay with their livelihood for increased profits of corporations. And as the palls of smoke from the pyres on which animals are being incinerated spread, the livelihood of countless farmers hangs in the balance. They left their hometowns or villages and came to Mumbai to earn a livelihood, so you can't expect them to just pack up and go back. It offered a massive package of financial stimulus measures to improve the economy and livelihood of the people. The party promised to introduce Hindi in all the official work and Urdu to be linked with the livelihood of the people. Show More Sentences The Canadians' own high court has recognized the Mi'kmaq's treaty right to earn a livelihood by fishing. Residents of the case-study communities have devised slightly different livelihood strategies to address the declining viability of agriculture. Trieste simultaneously became Italian and lost its livelihood with the carve-up of the Austro-Hungarian empire it had once serviced. She graduated from the renowned Boston's Girls' High School and shortly thereafter pursued stenography for a livelihood. Now we have an alternate livelihood programme that has started targeting the weavers and spinners in Srinagar. As far as livelihood is concerned, the Almighty gives it to both the believers and the non-believers. But his centuries-old livelihood is on the verge of collapse since the areca nut price has crashed beyond imagination. Obviously he was broken up over the loss of his livelihood, so why was this man laughing? A huge number of cash crops, such as those mentioned above, have replaced the opium poppy as the Hill Tribes' livelihood. His wide knowledge of legal and oil issues helps him defend the traditional livelihood of the Nenets. The group was bound for Greece and other European destinations in the hope of earning a livelihood to support their families back home. Why indeed would Mr Francis leap so ungraciously at distortions and seek to damage my career and undermine my livelihood? Apart from these changes effectively doing away with my livelihood my fear is that workers genuinely injured are going to be uncompensated. Like virtually everyone else in rural North Yorkshire my business depends for its livelihood on people in motorcars. I couldn't risk my livelihood because of some blood money so I took it upon myself to stomp up to the duffle bag and unzip it. There are the old women flower sellers searching for the cheapest blossoms that with their blarney must earn them their livelihood. It would also change drastically the montane landscapes and the livelihood of their inhabitants. Others helped have been animal hauliers and relief milkers, whose livelihood has been halted by the outbreak. It is indicative of the thorough mess Britain's farmers are in when a beef crisis tax threatens the livelihood of pork producers. A livelihood is eked out from terraced plots, but every available patch of land is farmed. Show More Sentences The Mapuche medicine woman or machi say that their source of livelihood is being directly threatened by the desiccation of native forests. He fooled around with plenty of other sports before settling on tenpins as his livelihood. Worst case scenarios predict that hundreds of thousands of Balinese who depend on the tourism sector could lose their livelihood. She decided to eke out a livelihood with what was once her favourite pastime, tatting. The ban on planting Barbary has been lifted in many communities where wheat production is not a livelihood. For centuries the nomadic Tsaatan people have roamed the taiga of northern Mongolia, raising the reindeer that provide their livelihood. A woman must accept her husband taking second, third and fourth wives since divorcees have few chances to earn a livelihood. Of course many fishermen are against this because their livelihood depends on it. His skills as a rainmaker and the effectiveness of his amulets in protecting the emperors assured his livelihood in the capital. Public assertions of such discreditable conduct threaten reputation and professional livelihood. But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him. He demands a sum too large for her poor livelihood, and she cannot pay, despite her guiltlessness. Players are intelligent, have vision and an incredible grasp of reality because it's called livelihood. I have friends and acquaintances who are farmers and crofters, many of whom, in upland areas, depend on sheep and lambs for their livelihood. In 1996, Henriques suffered repetitive strain injury which threatened her livelihood when her hands became so weak she could no longer type. They depend on it for their livelihood as they collect rubber latex from the Hevea brazilensis trees. The former must reduce its ecological footprint, while the latter must ensure livelihood rights for the marginalized majority. You really do not expect a fellow human being to wantonly attack your livelihood with such punishing vigour and regularity. Instead, able-bodied men in their thousands had leave to seek a livelihood abroad. They depend on shifting agriculture, complemented by animal husbandry, hunting, fishing, and gathering for their livelihood. Show More Sentences She claims compensation for irreparable effects of the assaults on her mental condition and their consequent effect on her ability to earn her future livelihood. I would never ask another professional to put his livelihood on the line. And we're competing for our livelihood, so we don't need a lot of rah-rah. Like thousands of others in this devastated city, this woman has lost all her wares and livelihood, in one terrifying morning of wholesale destruction. To never, ever, ever put my livelihood in a position where I depended on white people liking me. Monday's bipartisan pact calls for, among other things, placing the public's livelihood at the top of the political agenda by reinvigorating the economy and creating jobs. A union statement said business conglomerates were threatening the livelihood of casual workers by mass lay-offs and unilateral termination of contracts. However, the poet faithfully defended his livelihood, insisting that engraving was a true art. The Ndola Women and Youth Resource Centre facilitates a number of livelihood programmes which include brick making, pottery, agriculture, tailoring, carpentry and others. The livelihood of most peasant families was an amalgam of makeshifts. We went around the country to report on how closed-door, back-room deals in Washington were costing ordinary workers and taxpayers their livelihood and security. This increasingly challenged the ability of individual producers to stay informed and meaningfully involved with issues directly impacting their livelihood. It is often directly related to your income or livelihood and I take it very seriously. The government tells these people that they have to be responsible for their own livelihood, then denies them the right to work. How does violent crime affect the shopkeepers who rely on tourists for a livelihood? Starvation reduced Beaothuk populations when the increasing numbers of Europeans unknowingly blocked the Beothuks access to the coast and to their traditional livelihood. In an effort to contribute to community development in the two townships, the NGO has taken up the challenge to improve the livelihood of its people. In this year's tripartite elections, we as nation must ensure that people and issues that affect their livelihood should be at the centre of the campaigns. Talking of money, the reporters were shrewd enough to know that there was an emergency allowance set aside for those deprived of their means of livelihood. The sort of job it is, means you're the person that whenever you go out to the farmer, he is putting all his confidence in you, trusting you with his livelihood. Show More Sentences Where fixed property became the chief form of livelihood, monogamy, rather than polygamy, came to predominate due to the need to limit heirs and to discourage divorce. Within 30 years 120,000 people were working on spinning mules across the UK and it was estimated that 700,000 depended on them indirectly for their livelihood. Women have proven that they are capable of moving about alone and unviolated, able to protect their chastity while earning their own livelihood and working outside the home. He has been forced to do so at this age as the Punjab government has failed to pay him the old-age pension, his only source of livelihood for the past two years. The paramilitaries killed birds, cattle and domestic animals and took away people's means of livelihood, including all the boats and the outboard motors. But their livelihood has been thrown into uncertainty by the threat of US strikes on Afghanistan and the near certainty that their business will slump as a result. Since the fall of parastatal companies as a result of privatisation, the informal sector has played a very critical role as a source of livelihood in Zambia. He is a farmer, fiercely loyal to the land that provides his livelihood. Not all of the early English settlements were founded entirely as commercial operations, though all of them depended on trade for their livelihood. Such an interference by a local authority with the right of a person to pursue his livelihood without express statutory sanction raises an issue of fundamental principle. However much some aspects of their social life and means of livelihood may overlap with their own, the Irish and some of the Scottish Travellers are gorgios, not Romanichals. It also set up local governing organizations and cooperatives, that have allowed the peasants to attain more control of their lives and livelihood. He finds himself giving advice and telling homiletic stories, then fasting to bring an end to the drought which endangers the livelihood of the villagers. As both an economist and a practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism, I try to connect my economic livelihood with the spiritual aspects of my life. Cummins was not an emancipationist, but was of the mind that freed slaves should return to Africa and create a livelihood for themselves. Their livelihood was threatened by Count Albrecht of Mansfeld bringing the industry under his own control. It's as if to them there is nothing north of Watford Gap, so once more the livelihood of the North-east has been put to the sword. Other pollutants such as oil, plastic debris and sewage threaten the livelihood of marine mammals. Directly or indirectly, the livelihood of over 500 million people in developing countries depends on fisheries and aquaculture. The failure of the works was a devastating blow to the local community, as it had depended heavily on the works for its economic livelihood. Show More Sentences The phenomenon arose as an attempt by local fishermen to protect their livelihood from illegal fishing by foreign trawlers. The privatized programs impact the livelihood of the pastoralist societies while weakening the environment. Then, the group created an aquafarm that yields fish and a livelihood for 225 families. Patronage from the church diminished and private patronage from the public became more capable of providing a livelihood for artists. The plot twists and turns around the lives of two young airheads devoted to fashion, fun and the livelihood of the free world. Through attractions, shops and accommodation, visitors provide an income and a livelihood to local employers and farmers. For these wretches would be necessitated then to betake themselves to some honest livelihood, if they were not fed and upholden, by these. During the wars, the livelihood of the people on the borders was devastated by armies from both sides. The livelihood of local people of Hangzhou improved over the following years. Since then they have helped rebuild homes and construct new boats for people to recover their livelihood. Ebony had been 12 when her mother was suddenly deprived of her livelihood. The loss of agricultural labour also hurt others like millers whose livelihood relied on agricultural produce. He was gruff and loud and unafraid of the aberrationally tall young men who were his livelihood. The King sought out the farmer who had been branded and sold as a slave... and put him in the way of a comfortable livelihood. In India, the Consumer Protection Act 1986 differentiates the consummation of a commodity or service for personal use or to earn a livelihood. Artha is objective and virtuous pursuit of wealth for livelihood, obligations and economic prosperity. For many of them, fishing in the Amur and its tributaries was the main source of their livelihood. Agriculture supplemented by fishing and hunting has been the traditional livelihood among Finns. It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives. Fishing has always been the main livelihood for the many Sami living permanently in coastal areas. Show More Sentences Last year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal. Revenue Cutter Service, with assistance from Sheldon Jackson, as a means of providing a livelihood for Native peoples there. Fishermen say their livelihood is under threat from an unexpected source, and there are new fears over how the remoter communities will survive. In some cases, the shepherds shoot the bear, thinking their livelihood is under threat. The lawmaker said the IRA is used by the province to sustain its social development projects to improve the livelihood of his fellow Ilocanos. To this exercise they were trained from infancy, in order to earn their livelihood as mercenary soldiers. Thus, engaging in the commercial world is a legitimate means to achieving a livelihood, but individuals should participate in modern society as little as possible. But it was the woolen industry that provided the elder Smibert with a livelihood, for as a litster he spent his days dyeing wool, which was then woven into cloth. Good men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent. Crofting is still important, but although there are about 2,000 crofts on Skye only 100 or so are large enough to enable a crofter to earn a livelihood entirely from the land. During the years of forced assimilation, the areas in which reindeer herding was an important livelihood were among the few where the Sami culture and language survived. The craft of cross-stitching has gained many followers globally that even men are now in it as a hobby, past-time or even as a source of livelihood. After eschewing the Law, he pursued a livelihood through writing. Let all good citizens whose livelihood and labour have thus been put in peril bear with fortitude and patience the hardships with which they have been so suddenly confronted. The report suggested assigning value to ecosystems, recognizing environmental and livelihood tradeoffs, and balancing the rights of a variety of users and interests. The planeload of humanitarian aid, which is offered by the Russian people and government to the Syrian people, contained foodstuffs and other livelihood requirements. They scraped a livelihood from fishing, farming and salvage. There are lots of potential answers to these questions, some of them apologias, others genuine worries about those who depend on the Tehelka brand for their livelihood. Many of the abandoned fieldlings find in youth gangs a sense of belonging and power, thus getting themselves entangled in the nerfarious drug-trade for livelihood. Earlier it is mentioned that potent rivers assure greater population concentration, increase the level of cultivability, better livelihood pattern etc. Show More Sentences It consists of right speech, right action and right livelihood. Recent rains and flood crippled livelihood of daily wageworkers. The legal profession believes that client choice is the best way of ensuring standards remain high, because a lawyer's livelihood depends upon their reputation. However, it did not meet the fire regulations for the docks, and the Society of Coal Whippers, worried about losing their livelihood, even threatened the life of Trevithick. For example, the imposition of drainage schemes in The Fens negatively affected the livelihood of thousands of people after the King awarded a number of drainage contracts. The plaza also allows for sociability with the downstairs neighbor, Simon, a jivey video store owner whose obsolete livelihood means that he has time on his hands. Examples from Classical Literature Was not his accordion there to show that he possessed a regular means of livelihood? They have missed their seed for cultivation, and go begging for their bare livelihood. Agriculture and industry were bogging down and limiting commerce in England, and many wanted a new livelihood. These earn a precarious livelihood by fishing for whitefish and jackfish principally in the summer. To play hooky and go nutting is far better than to study and fit himself for earning a livelihood. In what paradisiacal pastures must he have moved and breathed and earned his livelihood! But you know it is time I was doing something to earn my own livelihood now. I will do anything Tom, anything, to gain a livelihood by my own exertions. No other person seemed to know with certainty what were Wilson's means of livelihood. The number of quacks and venders of nostrums is immense in every city who gain a livelihood by the credulity of the multitude. Most Montenegrins derive their livelihood, directly or indirectly, from smuggling, bootlegging and illegal immigration. This declarant does not know what course they followed, more than as a common sailor who went on board to get his livelihood. Their livelihood was for the most part derived from mining and forging iron. In all these cases the primum mobile is the making of a livelihood. The ease of getting a livelihood acts as a deterrent to ambition. And how doth Demeas, of the village of Colyttus, get his livelihood? We earn our livelihood in America today in peaceful competition with people all across the Earth. When a man has lost his only son, his summer's work, and his means of livelihood, in thirty counted seconds, it is hard to give consolation. Being thus deprived of the means of his livelihood, he sat down on the bank and lamented his hard fate. Then be busy, and bring home your fruits, getting up early to make your livelihood sure. Show More Sentences Hannah, the eldest, was at Haverhill, earning her livelihood. To a question he said that he did business to earn his livelihood as a sleeping partner. I know but little of the virtue of packing, though I follow trapping, in my old age, for a livelihood. What is to me a means of livelihood is to him the merest hobby of a dilettante. Am I to understand that these men earn a livelihood by waiting about here, to perjure themselves before the judges of the land, at the rate of half a crown a crime? A number of trawlers towed through Donegal fisherman John O'Brien's equipment this week causing thousands of euro worth of damage and destroying his livelihood. It IS changed so far as the mill has brought people there, who get a livelihood for themselves by working in it, and make it better for the tradesfolks. For anything that I can perceive to the contrary, it is still probable that my children may be reduced to seek a livelihood by personal contortion. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of livelihood? Words that rhyme with livelihood What is the plural of livelihood? What is the adverb for livelihood? What is the adjective for livelihood? What is the noun for livelihood? Translations for livelihood Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words live life to the fullest liveliest livelier live-in live in livedo livelihoods liveliness livelong lively Lively liven 10-letter Words Starting With l li liv live livel liveli livelih liveliho livelihoo