very livelihood

collocation in English

meaningsofveryandlivelihood

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very
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈver.i/us
/ˈver.i/
(used to add emphasis to a noun) exact ...
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livelihood
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈlaɪv.li.hʊd/us
/ˈlaɪv.li.hʊd/
(the way someone earns) the money people need to pay for food, a place to live, ...
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(Definition ofveryandlivelihoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In fisheries, the absence of an exclusive zone continues to threaten theverylivelihoodof our fishermen.
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You cannot talk about the mere transferring of individuals and ignore the fact that theirverylivelihoodis at stake.
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These are not mere statistics, but represent theverylivelihoodof human beings.
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But this will deny the farmer's son theverylivelihoodthat his father has built up for him.
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In the end it comes to this: that ourverylivelihoodin this country is threatened unless we can reverse the process.
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They are now seeing theirverylivelihooderoded.
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The work force has more right to a say than the shareholders, because theverylivelihoodof workers depends on the success of the company.
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Sometimes that damage is so serious that theverylivelihoodof the employees is at stake.
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It should not be a question of fighting foreign countries for ourverylivelihoodwhile we neglect our land.
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I care only about what will be the results upon which ourverylivelihooddepends.
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In other words, hisverylivelihoodmakes him very much aware of the difficulties which he is facing every day.
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They lose theirverylivelihood.
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It could affect not only the well-being of horses at risk but also theverylivelihoodof all those associated with the valuable and important horse-based industry.
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Theverylivelihoodof a man whose family have farmed the same land for generations—and there are many in this area who are in this category— may be at stake.
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The people are not aware that theirverylivelihoodand their standard of living depend upon exports, nor have they any idea how difficult it is to sell these exports.
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Small men (because they are not excepted) in some cases are deprived of the buildings which are theirverylivelihoodwithout themselves having had a say in the matter.
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I, for one, am not surprised at, and fully understand, the feelings and bitter disappointment of those whose homes andverylivelihoodcould be destroyed by such a choice.
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There seems even more reason to have access to records when one'sverylivelihoodcan be at stake than to medical records, important though that is.
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Theirverylivelihooddepends on it.
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We are dependent on increasing productivity for ourverylivelihoodand at present there is not an adequate pool of manpower in the country to meet that demand.
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