Sentence examples for state of dereliction from inspiring English sources

The house was already in a state of dereliction.

From a state of dereliction, without mains, water or a road to its boundary, "The Hookses" was restored gradually by working parties to become Stott's writing base, and to welcome student house parties and groups from church.

At the art collective 3rd Ward's party underneath the crumbling eaves of the Angel Orensanz Foundation's building, a former synagogue in a chic state of dereliction, you'd be hard-pressed to find a sculpture (though Duchamp might say check the men's room), and at the Armory's shindig at the Ace Hotel, the only statuesque things were the models.

In 2007 hotelier Marcello Pignozzo, a 40-year veteran who once ran InterContinental's Asia Pacific Division, bought the villa in a state of dereliction, poured 15 million Euros into restoration under award-winning architect Luciano Columbo and brought 11 1/2 acres of greenery back to verdant life.

"They are guilty of dereliction of duty," Jayalalitha, the state's chief minister, told reporters.

On April 27th the state prosecutor's office said a further 61 people suspected of "dereliction of duty" had been arrested after spending time on the run abroad.

At that time a glut in the oil market had thrown the state into recession, turning the rural landscape into "a wasteland of dereliction and decay" strewn with failed gas stations, abandoned cars and rusting oil barrels.

And in the early days of the scandal the revered broadcaster has faced the same questions of dereliction or outright cover-up that dogged Penn State and the Catholic Church when they experienced their respective outbreaks of infamy.

Only the main courtyard shows signs of dereliction.

An earlier inquiry said the three were guilty of "dereliction of duty".

Anyone who failed to hit mute was guilty of "dereliction of clicker".