Sentence examples for dilapidated equipment from inspiring English sources

American Motors, which was struggling financially, could not afford to invest in China, so it accepted a local partner with dilapidated equipment and a bloated work force.

But the procedures are cumbersome, Iraq's dilapidated equipment is unable to pump even as much oil as it is allowed to sell, and Mr Hussein is too often able to present his people's plight as the fault of sanctions, rather than of himself.

A former Ting executive told us that the plant is filled with dilapidated equipment dating to the 1940s and that a fair price would have been far less.

A former Ting executive told FORBES that the plant is filled with dilapidated equipment dating to the 1940s and a fair price would have been far less.

Among them are aging electrical and heating systems in public housing and rural homes; dilapidated firefighting equipment; and widespread violations of safety codes.

ANDERSON, Ind .— At the city parks office, Pam Clendenen thumbed through a three-inch-thick printout of President Obama's economic stimulus plan to see if the money could be used to replace dilapidated playground equipment.

Shifa's hospital, which stumbles along on an erratic electricity supply and a severe shortage of medications, surgical equipment, dilapidated machinery and inadequate supplies of food, disinfectants and cleaning products, was heaving with dead bodies and injured.

There did not seem to be much in it for the new owners either, except a dilapidated facility with no equipment, no beds and 30 staff to pay.Special report A dragon out of puff Colour me grey Seeds of change?