He did acknowledge, however, that Reserve and Guard troops were living "in some pretty spartan, austere conditions."

I'd always looked for challenges, which is why I commissioned into the Paras, and enjoyed working under pressure in the austere conditions of the desert.

The house and its furnishings bespeak inhabitants who valued fine things even amid austere conditions.

Tóibín works in the most extreme, severe, austere conditions.

There follows a description of the austere conditions for travellers.

Many of the Europeans are also living in more austere conditions.

But lately there have been fewer new recruits despite the austere conditions.

Under extreme and austere conditions in the 1920s they tested the effects of cold weather on their aircraft.

We will force them into more and more austere conditions and reduce their ability to fight.

Ponies are chunky, strong little equids generally developed under austere conditions of climate and food.