Well-off Sentence Examples

Seems I.m not as well off as you are.

He comes from a well-off family from the north of Spain.

Many financially well-off people do go to the opera.

As you can imagine, these were expensive toys and only the children in well off families played with such extravagant toys.

Sir Garnet reported the natives as " happy and prosperous - well off in every sense."

Even a well-off woman or her family is probably thinking twice before spending five or even six figures on a dress that will only be worn one day, however special that day may be.

About Datia and Jhansi the inhabitants are a stout and handsome race of men, well off and contented.

As salaries and wages have not increased at the same rate, many of the upper classes and officials are not so well off as formerly.

The whole of the upper and middle classes, with few exceptions, clung together in a fierce spirit of resistance; and the mass of the lower classes, especially in the country, were too well off to wish for change.

We'll change income tax to help the less well off and we'll ask the very wealthy to contribute more.

Many, the less well off would pay nil.

Pupils from less well-off backgrounds are significantly underrepresented at the country's top 200 state secondary schools (6% of schools ).

Most of the schools surveyed were in areas where children came from well-off family backgrounds.

Less well-off parents will be able to claim part or all of the fees at certain schools from a special government fund.

Law was bright and cheery, with the main characters quite well-off.

Lombardy is quite as well off as Piedmont for the means of irrigation and, as already said, its canals have the advantage that being drawn from the lakes Maggiore and Como they exercise a moderating influence on the Ticino and Adda rivers, which is much wanted in the Dora Baltea.

Many relatively well-off families might think they aren't entitled to credits on top of child benefit.

Mr. and Mrs. Miniver are the average reasonably well-off middle-class couple with a son at Oxford, a small daughter and younger son.

Despite the hype, property investment would have only been possible for a handful of very well-off savers.

Law " was bright and cheery, with the main characters quite well-off.

Even comparatively well-off people in what would now be thought of as professional jobs were often very inadequately paid.

In the 1950s, ritzy restaurants wanted a better way for their well-off customers to pay for dinner.

We do not have the right to deny less well-off societies the benefits of biotechnology.

Public funding is intended to help the least well-off in society with the costs of their legal advice.

The well-off in the area took up playing golf.

His vocal polyphony earned him respect and for awhile he was quite well off.

With the housing market off the boil, people do not feel so well off and have become more restrained in their spending habits.

When more than 1.25 billion people become well-off, the demand on everything will be enormous.

The least well-off students in Wales may receive extra support from the ALG.

Many relatively well-off families might think they are n't entitled to credits on top of child benefit.