Sentence examples for substantial bad from inspiring English sources

Egypt's main stockmarket index has sunk by a third since January, and a crash in property values, after an orgy of speculation in the mid-1990s, has landed banks with substantial bad debts.

Yet they provide a grim commentary on the paltry results of the efforts that Japanese banks claim to have made over the past few years to rebuild their capital and write off their substantial bad debts.So far, only a handful of banks have chosen to report losses to get their houses in order.

But for a person infected in 2009 to die of AIDS in the future would probably require a substantial amount of bad judgment or bad luck: the medications, if properly prescribed and properly taken, appear almost infallible.

Ever since it announced the acquisition last fall, analysts have questioned whether Wells Fargo could handle adding Wachovia's substantial collection of bad assets.

Britain's GDP expanded by 3.1% in the quarter (or by 0.8% compared with the previous three months).Lloyds Banking Group said it was "benefiting" from Britain's economic recovery as it reported a rise in underlying quarterly profit, to £1.8 billion ($3 billion), and a substantial reduction in bad loans.

It also plans to buy up a substantial volume of bad loans from private banks, under a loss-sharing agreement that reduces the taxpayer's exposure.Financial shock troopsThe TAMC's officials have been given summary powers to force restructuring plans on the debtors or foreclose on their assets, and have been granted immunity from prosecution for losses they might incur in the process.

The substantial number of "bad practices" among flower workers in our study suggests that efforts by the industry to implement work environments and effective education to reduce take-home pesticide exposures are insufficient.

The bank warned that "substantial" write-downs on bad debt were still to come, sending Citigroup shares lower and weighing on the financial sector.

One striking feature of the current string of crash deaths is that all involve sport utilities, usually Ford Explorers, even though an unknown but apparently substantial number of the bad tires were also mounted on pickup trucks.

Unlike classic environmental writing that focuses largely on the good that nature does for the soul or mankind — think Thoreau and Leopold — "And The Moon Be Still As Bright" and its sequel include substantial passages lamenting how bad man is for nature.

The only way to keep weak banks from failing is to overpay by a substantial amount for their bad assets," he says.