Sentence examples for dilapidated system from inspiring English sources

They've rebuilt the farm system from a dilapidated system to a productive one.

I was astonished at how dilapidated the system has become: the platforms filthy; the walls crumbling; the carriages old and dirty.

"The delivery system is dilapidated, the drainage system is failing," said one foreign expert, who asked that his name not be used because he has to work with Uzbek officials.

A dilapidated sewage system covers only the central area, and pipes meant to deliver clean water are a Swiss cheese of leaks.

THE HIGH-SPEED train journey from Beijing to Shanghai is a revelation to a visitor used to Britain's dilapidated railway system.

Similar efforts were under way in Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Puerto Rico, where a dilapidated power system had collapsed in the first winds.

Its 75 dancers no longer have to commute on London's dilapidated subway system between rehearsal rooms in West Kensington and Covent Garden.

The myth of perfect democracy Off welfare, not faring so well Reprints Related items The damage doneDec 7th 2000The imbroglio in Florida has already unleashed a series of attempts to improve America's dilapidated voting system.

The story that ends in overspending excess began in neglect: in 1996, the federal government accused Jefferson County of sending raw sewage into area rivers and demanded that it rebuild its dilapidated sewer system.

It was marked by a dilapidated catalog system and helter-skelter budgeting, had no strategic plan or computers, and its 1,400-person 1,400-personas working but oforcenot that able (a lack of professional training).

The seeds of its fiscal collapse were planted more than a decade ago when the county was ordered to rebuild its dilapidated sewer system, which had been sending raw sewage into rivers.