In 1740, a year of extraordinary scarcity, many people were willing to work for bare subsistence.

How could this life of bare subsistence be reconciled with any sort of benign God?

Although it provides only a bare subsistence, agriculture is the basis of the economy.

It's hard enough to provide bare subsistence, much less the schools and clinics they're clamoring for.

Development depends on a population's producing more than it needs for bare subsistence (a surplus).

Nor can he do justice to his genius, without making some larger demand on the world than a bare subsistence.

These places cannot afford investments that would boost their economies over the long term when bare subsistence is the short-term goal.

But bare subsistence was not her goal, especially since she was so quick to help those in need, particularly her son and his family.

But the King's almshouses are there, giving these poor parishioners at least enough for bare subsistence.

With the vegetarian restaurant over the road, there's just about everything a hipster needs for bare subsistence at one address.