Sentence examples for how parlous from inspiring English sources

Planners apparently did not know how parlous was the state of Iraq's infrastructure after 34 years of Saddam's dictatorship - though it was well known to the UN and all the administrators of the food and medicines programme.

While the concerted action of the central banks may have spooked some by underlining just how parlous the situation is, to me it is a reassuring sign.

In the manner of Pinter's Betrayal, Frei uses reverse chronology to show how Isabel got to this parlous state.

IT is extraordinary to recall, given its parlous condition, just how irresistible the Republican revolution looked as recently as 1994.

Western powers, particularly France and the United States, must also take responsibility for how they got to this parlous place to begin with.

DeMillo, who has spent years in both academia and in industry, explains how higher education arrived at its current parlous state and offers a road map for the twenty-first century.

More particularly, in view of the NHS's parlous finances, the preoccupation is how to help them manage their own conditions.

Are we prepared to change the actions and attitudes that have led to this parlous situation, and if we are, how do we do it?

Yet doubts persist as to how this would be financed (particularly given RWE's parlous state) and indeed where the gas to fill such a large pipeline would be found.

The banks will face questions about how much they knew of the dairy firm's parlous accounts when helping it to obtain financing.Capping the wellOPEC made a surprise decision to cut output by 10% by lowering quotas and restraining quota-busting even though oil is considerably more expensive than the cartel's target of $22-28 22-28rel.

Most cases were "borderline", says Vincent Miller, but in two instances she considered it was "ridiculous" that her clients had failed the test, given their parlous physical or mental condition: I thought: how can they have they have got through a healthcare assessment, let alone be told they are fit for work The scheme enabled the law centre to help more people appeal.