Sentence examples for in poor years from inspiring English sources
In poor years, illegal chaptalization -- adding large amounts of sugar during fermentation -- was commonplace, and so was the addition of heavy wine from the South of France.
In poor years, Villaroger can be snow-free at the beginning and end of the season, so skiers wishing to access Les Arcs' slopes from there have to make the 20-minute drive to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, and then take a seven-minute funicular ride up to Arc 1600 (and do the same again in reverse at the end of the day).
The area maintained is large enough to support the group in poor years or to accommodate new members after a good breeding season.
The fruit on which the birds depend in winter varies in abundance from year to year, and in poor years, particularly those following a good crop the previous year, the flocks move farther south until they reach adequate supplies.
Depending on the tree density (number of trees planted per unit surface area), mature trees typically bear 40-200 kg of apples each year, though productivity can be close to zero in poor years.
Needless to say in poor years the dependence on supplementary imports would be much higher.
In the good years, a with-profits fund reserves some of its profits to top up bonuses in poorer years.
American white ibis parents have been known to supplement their chicks' diet with items such as cockroaches and rotting food from human garbage in poorer years, when fish and crayfish are more scarce.
Instead earnings went nowhere, resulting in two poor years for investors.
