Sentence examples for a more dire problem from inspiring English sources

Mr. Cannon, along with a number of conservative theorists, contend that spending on unneeded procedures, medical errors and hospital infections is a more dire problem than the cost of caring for the uninsured.

California has much more dire problems with water scarcity, and reform is desperately needed to ration supplies and encourage conservation, according to Zetland.

Mr. Benepe said that the parks department might appoint a task force to study the problem of drinking fountains, but added that the report "sees the drinking fountains in a more dire light than we do".

Chinese officials presented a more dire view.

Others take a more dire view.

The Giants' offense is a more dire case.

Just about every one you open has a more dire prediction than the last.

"I could not imagine a more dire situation in all of Afghanistan," he says.

In some cases, patents appear to be getting used as a resource of last resort for companies with bigger, more dire financial problems.

The larger art world faces a problem more dire than the auctions reveal, and the damage cannot be postponed for long.

Saxony-Anhalt has significantly more dire economic problems than most of Germany, with the lowest per-capita income and highest unemployment (20percentt) of any German state.