Sentence examples for dire system from inspiring English sources
Many officials dare not engage in bold local experiments for fear of offending someone powerful.That matters because reform ultimately requires an end to the dire system of hukou, or household registration, which relegates some 300m people who have migrated to cities from the countryside to second-class status and hampers their ability to become empowered consumers.
EIGHTEEN years after the end of apartheid, the South African government's failure to reform the country's dire education system means society is more unequal than ever.
And the technology transfer is happening at a time when African economies are starting to grow and massive Chinese aid is starting to improve the continent's famously dire transport system.Still, a word of caution is in order.
But for the last 15 years, San Francisco cops have had just one officer on the mental health beat, leaving Kruger to conduct an uphill battle on the fringe of America's dire healthcare system.
Not really sure what happened in the past year, except our landlord sold the house we'd been living in for the past three years, my housemates moved in with their girlfriends and I've been left to surf through London's dire renting system.
Although immigration law is every bit as complex as tax law — and the consequences for violators more dire — the detention system seems designed to sacrifice thoughtful deliberation and justice to expediency and swift deportation.
That assurance is heartening for a transit system in dire need of expansion.
At Stones concerts, the PA system issues dire warnings against the perils of "using bad language" or smuggling "illegal substances" into the stadium.
Now that Ford is out of office, Toronto's problems are far from solved, including deficit spending and a public transit system in dire need of an upgrade.
Oil production has fallen due to poor maintenance and weak investment, the road system is dire, crime is rampant and social campaigns have petered out.
Drawn from interviews with more than 40 North Koreans who had defected over the past six years, as well as with health professionals who had worked with North Koreans, the report depicted a North Korean health system in dire straits.
