Sentence examples for ramshackle state from inspiring English sources

But, of course, the country is still largely and tragically in a ramshackle state.

They also deprived al-Qaeda of its training camps and the sponsorship of a friendly if ramshackle state.

The Indian government has asked Nandan Nilekani, one of the founders of Infosys, to help redesign the country's ramshackle state apparatus.What explains this enthusiasm for turning to businesspeople to solve political problems?

Any such work must contend with ramshackle state politics, but tenders are out for a container terminal farther upstream, too.Bangladesh's Chittagong, the biggest port this side of the bay, has also become a bottleneck.

Bloodshed has decreased not because poverty has disappeared, or because the ramshackle state has acquired effective police, courts and jails, but because the two most powerful gangs, Mara Salvatrucha and Mara 18, have called a truce.

Although Vietnam has two stockmarkets and a domestic bond market, its companies are still too reliant on a ramshackle state banking sector another parallel with China.There is a risk that, if allowed to borrow from abroad, Vietnamese companies might borrow too much and investors might lend too willingly.

The roof of one £10m home, registered in the name of a Saudi princess, is overgrown with plants and the signs on the ramshackle gates state it is under "24-hour manned guard".

It came out that the source of Liberty's ramshackle financial state was an overreliance on donations from Falwell's diminishing TV ministry.

The Bush administration said the "colonias," ramshackle, unincorporated settlements in the state's border regions, and the environmental problems long predate the governor's tenure, and that he should be credited for trying to address them.

The country was ramshackle.

They were really ramshackle.