Sentence examples for was no functioning from inspiring English sources

There was no functioning local press that allowed a party to promote specific issues or policies.

Rady told me that he lacked sufficient government funds, and since the revolution there was no functioning legislative body that was able to initiate simple development projects.

There was no functioning administration or infrastructure and Malcolm and his team faced outright hostility from the new Vietnam-backed government.

"When I was first elected, there was no functioning swing set in any park in town," Mayor Pringle said, "and our identity was defined by people who overran us to party on the beach and in the bars".

There was no functioning government.

This kind of propaganda is now known to have occurred back in 2002-03 when the US and UK governments wilfully manipulated intelligence in order to create the impression that Iraq was a greater WMD threat than it actually was (no functioning weapons were ever found).

There is no functioning government in Saidiya.

'There is no functioning radio station, no government.

You know, there really is no functioning government there.

The claim is "No functioning central bank, no EU".

But it is hard to see how there can be lasting peace in territories where there is no functioning state.