Sentence examples for second-rate goods from inspiring English sources

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And while discount stores are still known for what are frequently second-rate goods, secondhand stores are gaining reputations for high-quality merchandise at low prices.

One year, Calment wrote him a note that said, "Forgive me for still being alive, but my parents didn't raise second-rate goods". CAPTION: On Feb. 21, Jeanne Calment celebrated her 122nd birthday in Arles, France, with a chocolate cake.

Freddie Gray's exposure to lead paint as a child, his suspected participation in the drug trade, and the relative confinement of black unrest to black communities during this week's riot are all features of a city and a country that still segregate people along racial lines, to the financial enrichment of landlords, corner store merchants and other vendors selling second-rate goods.

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For both Italy and Japan, the loss of the war could be tracked in the items their populaces subsequently used and discarded, as the need arose to get by with second rate goods.

Another school "requires improvement" with the sixth rated "good".

One-third of the cases rated fair, with none of these patients having a good initial fracture reduction, one-third rated good, and the final third rated excellent.

When I introduce myself as the chief executive of a local charity, the responses I receive range from "Wow, you're doing something great in your community" to "Ah, second-rate do-gooder who doesn't understand how to run a real business".

"We had good curry for lunch, good second-rate Indian films, and it was very relaxed".

He sought the best material and got the second-rate and synthetic, because good writers wouldn't (and couldn't) write that way anymore.

This, for better or worse, was the result.And even a second-rate deal could be good for many European carriers, because it would help the European industry to restructure.

Once he was relaxed in his favourite armchair, we spoke about his hometown: "Everyone thinks you're lower class, no good, second-rate.

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