Sentence examples for were often derelict from inspiring English sources
Local medical societies, he said, were often "derelict in exercising their responsibilities".
But the statue outside is often a gathering point for the derelict; inside, one of the bronze commuters has begun collecting blackened dust, piling between his folded arms and his midsection.
Provincial city fathers are often persuaded that a crazy skyscraper will somehow bring life to miles of run-down derelict land, yet the public votes for a quite different architecture when allowed to choose for itself.
Anil is often in the dark in this book; she pokes about by the light of flickering matches in ancient caves; she works in the holds of abandoned ships and in the ballrooms of derelict mansions.
Now those plants are uncompetitive and often derelict.
The city cleans up often derelict buildings and in return generates income to offset renovation costs, while nurturing cultural hubs throughout the city.59 Rivoli is certainly thriving.
They have embarked on a tour of these often derelict buildings.
More recently, they were still derelict.
Were they derelict in their duty?
Until 2011, the houses were mostly derelict and empty.
