Sentence examples for a dire record from inspiring English sources

It has had a dire record on corporate governance and, not coincidentally, emerging-market levels of volatility.

It has been running a minute-long eulogy to Miss Bhutto on many television channels, which makes no reference to her party.In fact, pollsters have a dire record in predicting Pakistani elections.

South Africa have let home leads slip against India and most recently Australia, but failure to beat a Sri Lankan side that has a dire record there, has lost its last three series and is a work in progress following the retirements of Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas would be especially galling for Graeme Smith, the Proteas captain.

There is a dire record of respecting the neutrality of health structures".

England have a notoriously dire record at London's other ground, Lord's.

Southern Africa in general has a pretty dire record, largely because of AIDS.

Plus the authorities have a dire track record of investigating past killings of this kind.

14th over: West Indies 56-2 Lara has a dire Test record at Lord's - 82 runs in five innings - which in itself is kind of ominous.

By the same token, the Basel Committee, an international club of regulators which sets global rules for banks, still uses ratings to judge the quality of their assets.The big three agencies, despite their dire record in the crisis, have maintained a near-lock on the market (see chart).

I have written about Carty before: her trial was seriously flawed, and if, like Lewis, she is also given a 2010 execution date, it will draw even more attention to the US's dire record on capital punishment.

Whatever happens in early 2010, that dire record will stain its reputation.