Sentence examples for kept poor from inspiring English sources

It kept "poor children poor", losing them in "a sea of bureaucracy".

Having to overcome the logistical, financial, and behavioral barriers that kept poor patients away taught valuable lessons.

Ivan subscribes casually to the popular notion that Russia has been kept poor and retarded by a Jewish conspiracy.

A report issued by the inspector general said that defense officials kept poor records of their purchases of Russian aircraft.

Although Tibetans have been kept poor by discriminatory Chinese policies, their primary grievance is not economic but rather the occupation of their country by a foreign army.

The poor do not use kerosene because it is cheap — they are kept poor in significant part because they must rely on expensive, dirty kerosene.

No doubt, in a vicious circle, those differences help keep poor countries poor.

Sick people find it hard to work, so the disease helps to keep poor countries poor.

Do resource extraction and the legacy of colonialism keep poor countries poor?

But the hope that keeps poor people in cities is not always vain.

Cutting global coal production would, Williams said, just keep poor countries in poverty.