Sentence examples for Quite a poor from inspiring English sources

Also, I have quite a poor memory.

"There's been quite a poor tolerance for them and quite a poor attitude towards them," she says.

"Robert came from quite a poor working-class family," Sheerman says.

This is quite a poor place, and people are very tough.

"I came from quite a poor neighbourhood and didn't have access to ideas, so I did this silly thing.

It's also dropping here in Bangladesh, which is on track to meet and exceed the Millennium Development Goal related to reducing child mortality despite the fact that it is quite a poor country.

Yet this was more of the same for the Spaniard (pictured), all the huff and puff going unrewarded until it gave way to exasperation, his endeavour forever undermined by a heavy touch, an anxious delivery or, quite simply, a poor decision.

Unless one resorts to economic determinism (which seems anyway to be belied by Freedom House's annual freedom index, which includes quite a few poor countries in the "free" category), then what is left is culture.

For President Obama and the field of Republican candidates looking to win over the hearts of the suburban voters — a typically sought-after swing group — the suburbs have become a different place: younger, more ethnically diverse, and perhaps most important, quite a bit poorer.

Also, as recent research by the Office for National Statistics shows, if GDP is divided by our population, we are still quite a lot poorer - because lacklustre growth has been accompanied by a rising population.

It's up to headteachers to say quite clearly: 'You're a poor parent'.