Sentences with phrase «desperate conditions»

Many were still there years later, in desperate conditions in camps.

Both novels are thrilling survival stories about people who do their best to overcome desperate conditions.

Many of these refugees end up in foreign countries, in desperate conditions, and with no knowledge of the local language.

It really works, and it's all pretty reasonable, especially if you understand the underlying desperate condition of an actual alcoholic.

A much larger percentage of Bulgarian women are financially independent compared to their Russian counterparts and are not driven by financially desperate conditions to search for a husband and marriage abroad.

That so many adults would brave — no, fight against — such desperate conditions for the sake of boys and girls speaks to the honor and commitment of the best of this profession.

I came to Doug in a pretty desperate condition - my car had fallen apart, and I had no other means of transportation.

Despite Blair's cockpit wizardry, the events of Wing Commander III: Heart Of The Tiger reveal the humans» increasingly desperate condition.

Barr says she took two days off, and then returned to work, only to find the dog in desperate condition.

What many do not understand is the desperate conditions Mother Teresa constantly faced, and that her special charism was not to found or run hospitals — the Church has many who do that — but to rescue those who were given no chance of surviving, and otherwise would have died on the street.

Indeed, as the sun begins to set and I turn away from the teenage loggers to begin my long hike out of the Borneo jungle and away from their desperate conditions, I realize this is not an option for them.

As a result of these desperate conditions, the dryland countries are host to a disproportionate number of the world's violent conflicts.

How important was entertainment and escapism in the lives of people in those desperate conditions?

As always, it's worth mentioning the desperate condition of Michigan's highways.

Strawberry Fields is full of people such as Tomasz; migrant - workers from various parts of the former Eastern Europe, and even further afield, from Africa and Asia, who are drawn to seek work overseas because of desperate conditions at home, only to encounter more desperate conditions in the land of opportunity.

He finds necessary food and shelter as a private with the Continental army, and through Curzon's eyes, Anderson re-creates pivotal historical scenes, including the desperate conditions at Valley Forge.

In this story all of the survivors are in desperate conditions and must band together if life is to go on above ground.

That's just what happened when a horse and burro sanctuary in South Dakota closed down, leaving hundreds of horses starving in desperate conditions.

Homeless canines in cities across the U.S. (and world) are forced to fend for themselves in dangerous, harrowing, and desperate conditions.

Some major concerns in Mexico that can result from economic pressure are corruption, drug trafficking, and violent crime, all of which escalate when officials and citizens are put in desperate conditions.