Sentence examples for there were poor from inspiring English sources

Though the teaching methods there were poor, he was befriended by a headmaster who recognized his gifts and encouraged him to train for the ministry.

"Most of the youngsters there were poor, from very poor backgrounds," he said, and Morehouse "played a vital role of nurturing".

"What it really boiled down to was there were poor lines of communication and open expressions of hostility," said Mr. Harrigan, an official of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.

There were poor people, and anyone who had land would give them produce.

Arriving aged 17 I was shocked that there were poor people here.

The first concert was not a success as there were poor performances and only about 20 audience members.

The soils there are poor, and mineral resources are scanty.

At times, of course there is poor teaching.

Mind you, there's poor, and there's poor.

There are more working poor than there are poor pensioners.

There are poor Sunnis, just like there are poor Shiites," he said.