Sentence examples for has large pockets from inspiring English sources

The country still has large pockets of third-world poverty, and sending money abroad could be controversial.

Baquba is one of the easternmost towns in a volatile area north of Baghdad, which has large pockets of people still loyal to Saddam Hussein.

Although Indonesia has large pockets of Christians, Hindus and Buddhists, the government closed public schools for Ramadan to allow students "to concentrate on the practice of their faith".

By Guy Hubbard Although designated a middle-income country, the Philippines still has large pockets of poverty and high rates of malnutrition.

Although it has been designated a middle income country since 2009, the Philippines still has large pockets of poverty and high rates of malnutrition – 22 per cent of children are underweight and 32 per cent are stunted.

"These countries have large pockets of poverty, and we are afraid that this trend will remove this extra lifeline from the poorest," she said.

Leicester looked as if they were enjoying themselves, unfazed by a stadium that had large pockets of empty seats and quickly working out that their opponents were not going to subject them to the same kind of pressure, or even close, that Ranieri's men experienced in their previous match at Liverpool.

"When looking at the entire [metro area] we have a lot of communities that do have large pockets of poverty," says Mike Perez, the city manager of McAllen, Texas.

From a practical point of view, the Walkman is rather cumbersome, and it is certainly not pocket-sized, unless you have large pockets.

The region cannot fully recover if we continue to have large pockets of need.

It also has large sliding doors, called pocket doors, to allow the breeze in.