Sentence examples for poor welcome from inspiring English sources

The report notes that: Some such books belong in the college curriculum but we judge them a poor welcome mat to the pre-freshmen who ought to have a somewhat more positive introduction to why colleges exist and why they are devoting time and money to the enterprise.

No bells rang, and the archbishop took offence at his poor welcome.

For Stephanie Gagne, the homeowner, the roughly two-year fight over the fence was a poor welcome to Burbank, but she told the council she hopes to "start living a normal life".

We recognize the need for accelerated and additional concessional financial support to LICs to cushion the impact of the crisis on the poorest, welcome the increase in MDB lending during the crisis and support the MDBs having the resources needed to avoid a disruption of concessional financing to the most vulnerable countries.

But on a purely pragmatic level we can all see, presumably, what the real goal is in this ad hominem play: if only the authentically poor are welcome on the left, that considerably depletes our numbers.

But it was only in April that he snapped at a health care advocate who asked him if he felt bad for pushing people out of welfare and subsequently off Medicaid, pointing out that the poor were welcome to use the public hospitals free.

That means verses that instruct people to "honor the emperor" must be considered alongside other commands in the Bible that call on nations to care for the poor and welcome the stranger.

Imran Hussain, head of policy at the Child Poverty Action Group, said any new measures to help the poorest were welcome, but expressed fears that the strategy would fall short of what was needed – an increase in living standards to help close the gap between rich and poor – at a time of major upheaval in the welfare system.

Recently, when the people of a nearby village asked Maryam for help in establishing a school, she hired a young Wazir girl, Bushra, whose parents were very poor and welcomed the idea.

Non-governmental organisations, especially those focused on development in poorer nations, welcomed the OECD's recognition of the shortcomings in the international tax system and the commitment to take action, although some expressed scepticism that the project would be effective.

Poor management: no welcome or direction at the entrance; most service was robotic and indifferent.