Sentence examples for whole poor from inspiring English sources

Africa's record of governance remains, on the whole, poor and its respect for human rights patchy (see map).

The nutrient content, as indicated by the amount of phosphates and nitrates in the water, is on the whole poor.

"It used to be, you had the whole poor student thing," said Ms. Scott-Wittenborn, an 18-year-old from Bernardsville, N.J.

Still, in a conclusion that seems prescient today, Dr. Zarnowitz said in 1966, "The record of predicting turning points — changes in the direction of economic activity — is on the whole poor".

On the whole, poor countries do worse than rich ones, with some exceptions: Guyana's score, for example, is raised by good access to safe water, and Japan's is marked down by problems with pollution.

Young Women's Leadership School in Manhattan I was poor... no electricity, the outhouse,... the whole poor deal... when I was... about 4 or 5 years old... watching my grandmother outside boiling clothes and hanging them on the line, she said, "You better watch me now girl, because someday you're going to have to know how to do this yourself".

Does this make America as a whole poorer?

The current arrangement, he pointed out, was developed when life expectancy was lower and the world was, as a whole, poorer.

The World Bank is evil, then, because it tried to end a policy that not only made Mozambique as a whole poorer, but directly hurt millions of impoverished small farmers.

While there may be some benefits from a warmer climate, it seems almost certain that upheaval on this scale would make the United States, and the world as a whole, poorer than it would be otherwise.

He added: "Looking over the period of the consolidation as a whole, poorer households have done worse than those in the middle and upper-middle parts of the income distribution, though it remains the case that the some of the biggest losers have been those right at the very top of the income distribution".