To buy a $160,000 apartment, a family would likely have to make a down payment of 20 percent, or $32,000, and carry a $128,000 mortgage.

The family will still carry on the nursery and design business.

Nearby, a family put up several umbrellas and carried on.

Mr. Jones's family will carry on when he is through.

For generations my family has carried its own weight, and then some.

I've only got to the end of the year but my family will be carrying on where I left off.

She set a high standard for philanthropy that her family has carried on to the benefit of our entire community.

So he settled there, and his family carried on with the tradition to this day.

About 25 million families are carrying more than $10,000 in credit-card debt.

He ate, keeping silent for the moment and letting the family carry on.