noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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destroy
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But some boatmen fear the new regulations could destroy their livelihoods .
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Campesinos are hard hit by the economic crisis and government forces have deliberately destroyed the livelihood of many subsistence farming families.
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Foot and mouth does not kill but they know it could destroy their livelihoods and their way of life.
earn
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Professionals and Amateurs About one-fifth of parochial directors of music earn their livelihood through music.
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To earn my livelihood as artist in Berne.
lose
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But farmer Ken Sawkins says that he will lose his livelihood if the biking is stopped.
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Thousands of fishermen stand to lose their livelihoods .
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After the case was adjourned, the couple said that if they lost their home, they'd lose their livelihood too.
threaten
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The Pembrokeshire Shell Fishermen's Association challenge the claim, and warn that any such ban will threaten the livelihoods of locals.
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But it also is threatening the livelihoods of many small business operators in San Diego and elsewhere.
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How could one river cause so much damage and threaten the livelihoods of so many farmers and landowners?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Farmers depend on the weather for their livelihood .
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Fishermen are angry about the new EC fishing regulations because they feel that their livelihood is being threatened.
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Most of the people here depend on tourism for their livelihood .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But some boatmen fear the new regulations could destroy their livelihoods.
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Free labour merges imperceptibly with slavery; work becomes servitude; livelihood is transformed into strange new forms of bondage.
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He wondered if they resented the war for bringing in a new order that was depriving them of their livelihood .
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In addition, we angered the professional porters, who attacked us, saying we were taking away their livelihood .
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People do work without the institutional system of capitalism and they are assured of a reasonable livelihood .
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Seepage into the local reservoir is already killing fish on which local livelihoods depend.
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There are many who have suffered personal disaster and whose livelihoods have been destroyed by natural catastrophe or invasion.
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Through the ages priests, holy men and teachers have depended for their livelihood upon the support of rulers and the community.