• His father struggled to make a living as a Stuttgart butcher, and died at his work.

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  • El Shafee, 48, works as a pharmacist because he cannot yet make a living from his writing.

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  • This was, with a further sad irony, the only period in which Daumier, having toiled all his life to make a meagre living and now almost blind, managed to fulfil the conventional role of the fine artist far removed from the moral hurly-burly and commercial exigencies of the city.

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  • He and his family moved north and now make a living from the river.

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  • One other thing about Tebow: his reputation for clean living and willingness to show his Christian faith publicly mostly serve to make him popular, though it's a bit polarizing.

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  • Tebow is a perfect example: his clean living and public religious values make him a role model for many, even if they render him polarizing in some quarters.

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  • The game in Argentina was and remains resolutely amateur, so the offers to make a living from the sport were repeatedly rebuffed until his father persuaded him to go to England.

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  • He wanted millions of other Jews, especially Soviet Jews living undercover lives like his own, to make the same aliyah, or ascent, to populate and settle the young country.

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  • Mr Grey, who was described in court as having a "colourful background", was a former traveller who bought and sold items to make a living and often kept large amounts of cash in his house.

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  • At just nine feet long, the Dryosaurus' relatively petite size could make it attractive to a private collector interested in displaying a Jurassic specimen in his living room.

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  • In his view, some artists in the future, especially those who don't make their living playing sold-out stadiums, will want to release one or two songs at a time anyway.

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  • Used to be that an analyst could make a good living by putting out plausible earnings forecasts and taking care not to offend any of his employer's investment banking clients.

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  • Mr. Hanson, who seemed self-effacing and available in a way that those who make their living exploring the nooks and crannies of nature often are, attributed the fuss less to him than to his subject matter.

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