Provisions

Examples

• Provisions are thereby rendered dearer, in the same manner as if it required extraordinary labour and expense to raise them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He immediately signalled to the cruiser to send water, medicine, and provisions, and another boat made the perilous trip to the Arrow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• When he foresees that provisions are likely to run short, he puts them upon short allowance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• You will be to visit me in prison with a basket of provisions; you will not refuse to visit me in prison? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The two gentlemen, and some others, were so generous and kind as to furnish me with provisions, and see me on board. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• They voted an aid of ten thousand pounds, to be laid out in provisions. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Some of the women went back to the village for provisions, while others remained behind to look after the wounded. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Provisions for a company of soldiers sounds formidable. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A boat was dispatched to the cruiser for provisions, ammunition, and carbines; the men were already armed with revolvers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Ropes, cords, coarse bands of leather were the common provisions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This second vial appeared to be filled with concentrated provisions and extract of Sink from the pantry. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It now became a life and death struggle with Lee to get south to his provisions. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You have not forgotten the provisions of the will. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Secondly, the wages of labour do not, in Great Britain, fluctuate with the price of provisions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• There were two hundred armed men this time, with ten officers and two surgeons, and provisions for a week. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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