Sentence examples for mediocre country from inspiring English sources

Marías has said that "in the intellectually mediocre country I grew up in, in which everyone thought Franco was eternal, people like me took shelter in the movies.

"Italy," Stille writes, "is becoming a mediocre, provincial country".

The results are too mediocre for a country that wants to safeguard its place in the top league".

It is intended to address the country's mediocre economic growth (see chart).Industry paused from grumbling about crushing taxes and interest rates and the overvalued currency to praise the package.

However, the average quality of child care in this country is mediocre and does not provide our youngest children with the support they need to arrive at kindergarten ready to succeed.

The report notes that 40percentt of African American and Latino students don't graduate high school on time, and points to the country's mediocre standing on international benchmarks and dismal performance on civics exams.

And teachers say they feel like they're under attack -- whether by Republican governors who try to cut their benefits, or by education reformers who insist the country's mediocre international academic standing necessitates a fundamental transformation of the teaching force.

Trade is low because both countries are mediocre at manufacturing.

For the most part, these are countries with mediocre vital registration systems and concentrated epidemics that are very sensitive to estimates of the population at risk (e.g. Russia and Colombia).

It became one of the top-grossing restaurants in the country despite its mediocre food.

Aramco is a rare example of competence in the country's often mediocre and royal-infused bureaucracy.