Sentence examples for was in dreadful shape from inspiring English sources

WHEN Bruce Wasserstein took over as Lazard's new boss in January 2002, Europe's last remaining big investment bank in private hands was in dreadful shape.

The field was in dreadful shape and the players for Zenit St . Petersburg facing in-form Benfica of Portugal, were back in competition after not having playing a meaningful match, in the Premier League, since Nov. 27.

Our economy was in dreadful shape, with short-term interest rates reaching nearly 21%.

The economy is in dreadful shape.

Indeed, that is precisely why major Arab countries are in dreadful shape.

Hospitals, except the one used by Saddam Hussein, were in dreadful shape.

The second term may see more progress on nuclear disarmament, including a push for fresh talks with Russia, though relations with Vladimir Putin are in dreadful shape.

The 1997 crisis spiralled when it emerged that many private banks were in dreadful shape and that some monetary authorities had become captives of the private sector.

His departure is not exactly being mourned, for Reliance is in dreadful shape, with its stock trading as if its remaining insurance operations were worth less than nothing.

The other two — a 166 Mille Miglia Barchetta, a race car from 1951, and a 250 GT Pininfarina Coupe, a street car built in 1958 — were in dreadful shape when he bought them, and he got each for $2,500.

Though Britain is one of the biggest foreign investors in Russia, diplomatic relations between the two countries are in dreadful shape, as amply demonstrated by the fact that Mr Cameron's meeting with the Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, this afternoon, marked the first contact between Mr Putin and a senior British politician in four years.