Living standards, after all, almost never go backward, at least not in a material sense.

What we needed, in the material sense, was a downstairs bathroom, with a shower.

It is a business, like any other, and has to pay in the material sense in order to live.

Secondly, there is no longer, in a material sense, anything to fight about.

It is not that they could do any harm in a material sense.

In at least a material sense, many of the occupied countries benefited from the American presence.

None of them were rich in a material sense.

Her life has been highly successful hn the material sense.

They make a great deal of their lives even when they don't have a lot in the material sense.

Nothing is happening in the material sense; he told you the truth.