Example sentences of "[adj] source of income for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some form of property taxes are an almost universal source of income for local government , but in many parts of the world they are accompanied by other forms of taxation . |
| 2 | Machine tools of its size and accuracy were so rare at that time that it could earn £10 a day , and it was Clement 's principal source of income for ten years . |
| 3 | ‘ B ’ movie fans will know that Wells Fargo 's stagecoaches proved a lucrative source of income for the less scrupulous members of the old West who made their living by robbing them . |
| 4 | The card is a valuable source of income for the University , with every penny raised going towards refurbishment costs of a new students ' union . |
| 5 | Pat Gaffney , general secretary of Pax Christi , spoke in Manchester about the arms trade , which provides a major source of income for this country and provides employment directly or indirectly in a whole range of ways . |
| 6 | This underlines the fact that tourism is a major source of income for the area and its 50,000 residents . |
| 7 | Although the price of copying is very reasonable , it provides a useful source of income for information services . |
| 8 | In addition , a sharply progressive personal tax system will make dividends a relatively unattractive source of income for the marginal tax payer compared to capital gains which may be taxed at a flat rate . |
| 9 | Money sent home has become an important source of income for the country — especially from those who live in the United States and send remittances to their families in dollars . |
| 10 | Almost every dairy farm in Ayrshire produced Dunlop cheese and it became a thriving small industry which was an important source of income for the county 's farmers throughout the many difficult times for agriculture in the late 18th and 19th centuries . |
| 11 | Domestic work provides an important source of income for a campesino family and the earnings of many domestic workers are sent home . |
| 12 | The state is the most important single source of income for the older age groups . |
| 13 | In time , the ever-increasing number of visitors had opened up an entirely new source of income for the Heymouthians , and instead of having to depend on fishing as their primary source of income , they found the tourist trade was theirs for the developing . |
| 14 | These visitors provide a new source of income for the small shopkeepers of the villages . |
| 15 | There is no evidence that prostitution existed as a sole source of income for its practitioners in the earliest forms of human society , among the so-called hunter-gatherers . |
| 16 | Mixed exhibitions are ideal for spotting talent ahead of the market , as well as being a significant source of income for many artists . |
| 17 | Contract bombing of buildings has been an excellent source of income for the Provisional IRA . |
| 18 | Figures for earlier years also showed that earnings area more likely to be the main source of income for lone fathers than lone mothers . |
| 19 | Social security is the main source of income for two thirds of lone parent families , and one in eight two-parent families ( see Table 4 ) . |
| 20 | Table 4 Main source of income for one and two-parent families , 1987 . |
| 21 | Table 1 Main source of income for one and two parent families 1987 |
| 22 | Up to this point , variety had been the main source of income for the Firm . |