the staff of life

Water is the staff of life, and now it's everywhere.

The flying fish is the staff of life for all the other breeds.

In 1943 he joined the staff of Life magazine, an association that lasted until 1962.

How much is it spending on research and development, the staff of life in any science-driven industry?

Even on Mars, it is the staff of life.

Water is the staff of life - this directive is so important.

"Maybe it's the staff of life among these creatures."

"I live in a small town," he said, "where gossip is the staff of life.

"Hope is the food of faith, the staff of life.

He took the Staff of Life from the wall where he had let it rest.

"Is bread the staff of life or the staff of death?"

He didn't know the politics in a capital where politics was the staff of life, played for blood and money.

He later joined the staff of Life magazine.

"This is the staff of life of my generation."

There is another type of superior artist, however, who approaches music as daily bread, the staff of life.

It is more the staff of life for blue-collar natives like Mrs. Brown.

Spooning up the almost tasteless gruel that appeared to be the staff of life in this place.

It was food-the makings of bread, the staff of life.

It's not the staff of life.

Rice is the staff of life (and, in Japan, it had better be Japanese rice).

This was the Staff of Life, truly.

Bat-stew and rice was, of course, the staple article, the staff of life; but sometimes we managed to vary it a little.

BREAD is more than the staff of life.

Thus, the definition of "bread" as "the staff of life" is a poor definition per this criterion.

Long queues for that symbolic food, the staff of life, will immediately materialise, despite the ready availability of many alternatives.