Sentence examples for deficient about from inspiring English sources

Twelve percent of bridges in New York are structurally deficient, about the same as nationwide, according to the National Bridge Inventory, a database maintained by the Federal Highway Administration.

The football clubs reject the perception that they are any longer deficient about paying tax, and as part of their general campaign to persuade the nation that they are good citizens, point to the total tax paid.

Why, for example, should we suppose that there must be something deficient about a creature that does not enjoy or that is not able to enjoy strawberries and cream?

In the situations Patel analyzes of a senior citizen or a mother with children, exchanging seats is a noble gesture because there is something deficient about either the senior citizen (i.e. decreased mobility) or about the mother with children (i.e. being overburdened) the effects of which changing seats can help alleviate.

In the case of an Orthodox Jewish man asking a woman to change seats, it is not that the man is asserting that there is something deficient in him the effects of which will be alleviated by the woman moving, but rather exactly the opposite: he believes that there is something deficient about the woman that may interfere with his purity if he sits next to her.

Our data indicate that the majority of the women were Fe deficient, about one-fifth were retinol deficient (using the 1·047 μmol/l cut off) and two-fifths were vitamin C deficient.

As a gluten-avoiding physician, I would suggest that celiac patients consider a Paleolithic menu: with the variety in meat, vegetables, and fruit, there's nothing boring or nutrient-deficient about my dinner plate, now that the cardboard-like slice of bread has been removed.

Instead, Congress allocated $1 billion to inspect and repair deficient bridges, about $13,500 per bridge.

Milk provides a host of nutrients, including calcium, protein and vitamin D, which recent studies show is deficient in about three-quarters of teenagers and adults.

"I think that's been the most deficient thing about the current officials: their inability to have a foul called, administer the penalty and get the game back started again.

There are many, many reasons why health care spending has become such a huge national burden, including overtesting, the aging and weight gain of the populace, poor communication among health care professionals and deficient information about what treatments are most effective.