The work is largely self-supporting, with the churches being pastored by native Solomon Islanders.

Through the centuries, Ilsington village appears to have been largely self-supporting.

Then he realized that the great ramp would be largely self-supporting, and on one side all the lateral thrust would be taken by the Wall itself.

Dr. Brinkley said the university expects all it schools to be "largely self-supporting."

Unlike the military commissaries - groceries that receive a $1 billion annual Federal subsidy - the exchanges are largely self-supporting.

Brownsea was largely self-supporting, with a kitchen garden and a dairy herd.

It is free of charge to area residents and largely self-supporting through advertising by local businesses.

Unlike programs governing major crops, which put a heavy dependence on Federal subsidies, he noted, the tobacco program is largely self-supporting.

After disagreements with his colleagues, Booth left the mission in 1897, but it continued as a largely self-supporting Industrial mission until 1930.

The churches were largely self-supporting, led by an ordained native pastor, three elders, and 17 deacons.