Sentence examples for it badly needed from inspiring English sources

She loved it, she said, but concluded that it badly needed to upgrade its facilities to serve its students, whom she called "the most focused, energetic, intelligent kids I have ever run into".

Smith's name recognition and winning reputation gave the program a new optimism, something it badly needed to counter its dwindling fan interest.

The political changes on the other side of the iron curtain had made it possible to start thinking about membership of the EC itself (although the Russians were still not keen on the idea).Austria, for its part, had become keener because it badly needed the economic boost it thought entry would provide.

But it badly needed a face-lift.

It gave Romney's campaign a boost at the grassroots that it badly needed.

The United States team was so young that it badly needed leadership.

John Preston of The Daily Telegraph gave a mixed review: though he commended the acting of Sharp and Jones, he stated that "it badly needs some shape and tension".

It badly needs to demonstrate to its sympathisers and its core membership that it can pull off something really big," he said.

They say the drug industry is trying to stockpile good will at a time when it badly needs to improve its image in Washington.

Apple's dismal earnings announcement shows why it badly needs to rethink its innovation model and leadership.

It badly needs a theater of its own, with a seating capacity large enough for performances by major dance troupes.