sole occupation

collocation in English

meaningsofsoleandoccupation

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sole
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səʊl/us
/soʊl/
being one ...
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occupation
noun
uk
/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
a ...
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(Definition ofsoleandoccupationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsole occupation

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This means that they make marriage theirsoleoccupation.
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After all, there are very few crofters who have crofting or the agricultural side of crofting as theirsoleoccupation.
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There is a chapel which has for many years been in thesoleoccupation- of the congregational body.
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This was theirsoleoccupationduring the whole summer.
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We have people whosesoleoccupationis rearing cattle or sheep.
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That might be a very happy position if he were insoleoccupationof the tunnel of technology, but think with whom he is teamed up.
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The first was language, the second wassoleoccupation, on which there has been some discussion this evening, and the third was the question of "maintained".
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Soleoccupationof one part of a house qualifies, notwithstanding joint occupation of another part.
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The modern day hip hop artist is no longer limited to music serving as theirsoleoccupationor source of income.
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Soleoccupationof one part will qualify, although another part may be occupied jointly.
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Farming is thesoleoccupationof the population; there are no other businesses or services.
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Theirsoleoccupationwas also the manufacturing of shoes.
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