Sentence examples for regions hard from inspiring English sources

If so, the mortgage crunch will be a grinding drag on America's economy; one that unfolds over several years, hitting some people and some regions hard, but not, in itself, a macro-economic disaster.The bursting of the stock-market bubble in 2000 led to a plunge in investment at American firms.

In all the regions, hard floors were more common than the earthen ones except the Upper East and Upper West regions where earthen floors constituted 54.5 and 74.3%, respectively.

Five pharmaceutical companies are willing to negotiate steep cuts in the prices they charge for AIDS drugs in Africa and other poor regions hard-hit by the disease, the World Health Organization said in Geneva.

Unions have warned the planned cuts will hit regions hardest.

Tourism slumped in those regions hardest hit by the virus, with hotels and local businesses bearing the brunt.

Nissan will build its new compact car at its factory in Sunderland, creating 2,000 jobs and providing a major boost to one of the regions hardest hit by recession and spending cuts, the company says.

The referendum will still go ahead on Saturday in other parts of the country but will be delayed until May 24 in the regions hardest hit, where more than a third of the population lives.

Both proposals have drawn rare bipartisan backing in the polarized House, splitting Republicans by geography as some from regions hardest hit by the loan crisis — notably the Midwest — have negotiated the measures with Democrats.

The El Niño of 1997 hit many regions hard--toasting Texas, practically drowning parts of California, and burying much of New England under a fierce ice storm.

Whether the technique would be available in regions hardest hit by HIV/AIDS is an important question, he says.

Besides, persistent differences in inflation might reflect permanent structural rigidities that prevent the regions hardest hit by shocks from adjusting swiftly.