1. Every year after that a cost-of-living adjustment would be made to the wage to keep it current with inflation.

2. Even serial killers get cost-of-living raises if they happen to have a pension adjusted for inflation.

3. Indexed to cost-of-living figures, the bonds' returns are adjusted twice a year.

4. And by cost-of-living index knowable family net is mixed...

5. Hong Kong's cost-of-living difference was 15% higher than Singapore's in 2008; in 2010, the difference is 2%.

6. In exchange, workers would forgo cost-of-living increases that, until recently, had long been a way of life for Detroit's auto workers.

7. The good life goes beyond cost-of-living statistics.It's a happiness quotient that might measure the cost of contentment for the bottom billion of Chinese living on less than 1,000 yuan per month.

8. I think that any cost-of-living comparisons should include what I call the good life. To a wealthy Beijinger, The good life may mean buying a new Ferrari.

9. It agreed in 1948 to annual cost-of-living pay increases and in 1950 to free health-care coverage for life and generous pensions.

10. I think that any cost-of-living comparisons should include what I call the good life.

11. Very few church workers will be receiving any cost-of-living allowance.

12. When he saw the cost-of-living data, he couldn't say no, she said.

13. He wants the retirement age raised to 70 and cost-of-living increases for Social Security recipients reduced.

14. Rightly or wrongly, most employees regard annual raises as just cost-of-living increases.

15. Eighteen of Brookings' 20 "strongest cities" (all except Washington and VA Beach) have average or below average cost-of-living, according to a new Wall Street Journal story.

15. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.

16. As China Unicom's head man in Europe, Mr So was paid a paltry Chinese salary plus a small cost-of-living allowance. His allowance was only 30% more than that of the most junior employee, he says.

17. Many foreign-born residents describe Louisville as a welcoming place with good social services for immigrants, a friendly populace and a relatively low cost-of-living.

18. For example, when I met with Senate and House leaders on the budget, Leon Panetta suggested that we have a one-time three-month delay in increasing the Social Security cost-of-living allowance.

19. As China Unicom's head man in Europe, Mr So was paid a paltry Chinese salary plus a small cost-of-living allowance.