Sentence examples for severely impoverished from inspiring English sources

Other inadvertent introductions have been far from benign; some have severely impoverished the landscape.

The coca-growing Chapare region of Bolivia is severely impoverished and deeply conflicted.

Without investigative journalism, and the ability of the press to scour hidden places, the domain of the powerful, for potential wrongdoing, our democracy would be severely impoverished.

There was so much more destruction and there were so many more people displaced than could be conveyed by the small screen, and now there was no more infrastructure or life-sustaining activity in an area already severely impoverished.

Security analysts, intelligence specialists and former officials in Dhaka warn that Bangladesh, a severely impoverished, low-middle income country with about 160 million people, is increasingly ripe for radicalisation.

The states of the Niger Delta, which produce almost all of the country's two million barrels of crude a day but have remained severely impoverished, have been clamoring for a greater share of the oil money.

Based on recent advances in our understanding of these contrasting strategies of nutrient acquisition, we provide an explanation for the distribution of mycorrhizal species on less P-impoverished soils, and for why, globally, cluster-bearing species dominate on severely P-impoverished, ancient soils, where P sensitivity is relatively common.

Mycorrhizas 'scavenge' P from solution or 'mine' insoluble organic N. Cluster roots function in severely P-impoverished landscapes, 'mining' P fixed as insoluble inorganic phosphates.

Moreover, small forest patches in severely-fragmented landscapes may be strongly impoverished in terms of the number of species and individuals with particular pollination systems (e.g. pollination by bats, birds, non-flying mammals, Sphingids) and may be dominated by tree species pollinated by generalists.

But I had severely underestimated the expense of London and, already impoverished by the high overseas student tuition fees, I began working while I was studying, my student visa allowing for 20 hours a week.

Currently some 2 million impoverished people live on the border of the park with severely limited job and economic opportunities.