on a/the ration

Examples (10)

• During the war, sugar and butter were on the ration.
• The survivors managed to live on a daily ration of rice.
• Even clothing was put on the ration in those hard times.
• We had to survive on a strict ration of water during the drought.
• I wonder if petrol will go back on the ration soon.
• The soldiers were placed on a reduced ration due to shortages.
• They struggled to exist on a meagre ration of dried meat.
• Fuel was strictly on the ration to support the war effort.
• Each prisoner was forced to live on a starvation ration.
• My grandmother remembers days when everything was on the ration.