Sentences with phrase «dire straits»

For, judging by this year's local election results, Labour is now in dire straits in his own seat, Norwich South — while the Green Party is in pole position to gain the seat.

Would he really have kept Alexis and Santi Cazorla on for the full 90 minutes against Dinamo Zagreb if we had not been in such dire straits in the group?

According to the data, these workers feel that they would be in financial dire straits if their pay was delayed as little as one week.

In that film, he projected a jovial confidence and competence that belied the very dire straits of his situation.

The Hollywood B - movie factory is truly in dire straits if it can't make something entertaining out of Pathfinder.

I am not surprised retail is in such dire straits when all the footwear looks like what the youngest would call «grandma shoes», with the alternative being what I would call «mardi gras» shoes.

Back in the early 1990s, although two divisions higher than us, our local rivals Blackburn Rovers were in dire straits financially.

It's always heartwarming to follow up on an adoption story, especially when an animal comes to the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast in as dire straits as one particular pup named Astro.

Household debt in Canada is at record highs and with probable increases in interest rates in the future, many of us will be in even more dire straits if rates rise significantly.

Nintendo aren't in dire straits at all.

Also consider contributing to the Tangi Humane Society shelter, that is also in dire straits due to the flooding.

If you are in serious dire straits with your loans because of extraordinary circumstances then you have rights and protections under the law, the basis of all laws is justice and fairness, and laws regarding debts were written in the same spirit of the law.

Would we really want several warming factors (solar, volcanism, etc), including AGW, to piggy - back on each other & send us into really dire straits?

In this podcast, Dr. Taylor points out that, historically, several species of marine mammals have been rescued from similarly dire straits.

David Moyes» team was in dire straits after Joe Hart's howler left West Ham down with 11 minutes to play, but Andy Carroll's volley from 15 yards on a cross by Aaron Cresswell had too much pace for Jack Butland and went inside the left post for a vital equaliser that kept the Potters in the drop and ended a frustrating match on an up note for West Ham, who had three goals disallowed during the contest.

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Southampton are in dire straits now and are starting to get cut adrift at the bottom.

A successful businessman and father of three, Stone and his wife, Minna, dreamed up the idea of helping those left in dire straits by the Depression.

Sometimes an owner needs a little help in being able to keep their pet, sometimes a dog or cat in dire straits needs a place to go immediately where they can receive the medical attention and rehabilitation they need to find a happy new life.

Unless you are in very dire straits, the purpose of a job interview is not merely to get any job; rather, it's to land a job where you can thrive.

It's mainly the story of a guy on financial dire straits who has an opportunity to trade his morality and integrity for depravity in order to provide for his family, but it's actually so much more.

«If we didn't have that [money], we'd be in pretty dire straits right now,» says Rodney Shotwell, superintendent of Rockingham County Schools.

It should come as no surprise, then, that the National Health Service (NHS) is in such dire straits right now.

Housing affordability for teachers is in particularly dire straits in the Golden State, where 83 percent of homes in California are unaffordable on a teacher's salary, according to Redfin.

More than 20 % are in more dire straits still, in the process of selling assets, refinancing or restructuring the business:

And people in truly dire straits may not be able to qualify for them in the first place.

«Innovation in this country is somewhere between dire straits and dead,» he told the audience in 2011.

The reason why Nexen, which owns 65 % of Long Lake to Opti's 35 %, isn't in similarly dire straits relates to diversification.

However, even in less dire straits, balancing client demands with public response is a source of stress.

«However, farm milk prices are forecasted to drop in 2018, and Connecticut's already struggling dairy farmers would be in dire straits without immediate federal action,» Murphy's release stated.

Why must we wait till dire straits to start playing with some fight and passion?

Last i recall we were in dire straits finanially in comparisson to those clubs following a huge move to the emirates.

Australia's World Cup hopes are in dire straits following their disappointing performance in the World Cup qualifier against Japan last week.

The tweets coming from a president ensconced in his New Jersey golf club sought to defend Washington's efforts to mobilize and coordinate recovery efforts on a U.S. territory in dire straits almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck.

«We don't want to do geoengineering, but we're in increasingly dire straits,» says climate expert Michael MacCracken of the Climate Institute in Washington D.C., who has advocated publicly for research into geoengineering.

Absolutely, and for some it can mean dire straits.

Hot Tub... looked promising as a successor to last year's The Hangover and it's distributor, MGM, would have been praying for a hit of that magnitude to help them with their current dire straits.

More than a review of Sean Baker's latest film, Kate Taylor examines the impact of a movie that transcends dire straits

Dread, specific to his case, mounts rather quickly, beginning with a taxman's demand for $ 8,000 he doesn't have; dire straits bloom, over the course of two episodes, into something like a personal apocalypse, as a hapless loser's honest mistakes become dishonest ones and a situation in severe need of a solution quickly proves impossible to solve.

His earnestness and dire straits make him easy to root for.

Isn't it better to err on the side of those who are in dire straits over those who have multiple options?

Sadly, the shelter is very crowded and he and his sister were in dire straits until HART came along and brought them here.

If the media sees it somehow newsworthy that «greens» are not absolutely «friendless» in the House GOP merely because a few Republicans voted to allow the Endangered Species Act to continue to exist — as this report from a mainstream newspaper does — we are in dire straits indeed.

Cuts in public funding, legal aid cuts and the closure of three law centres — Birmingham, Streetwise and Leeds — has left the publicly funded sector in dire straits so it should be remembered that pro bono is not a replacement for public funds and can never fill the gap.

Among the rooms in most dire straits was the upstairs family bathroom, with its awkward door placement, super-tiny bathtub and jarring pink walls.

Unfortunately, though, many companies still live in the dark when it comes to being proactive about their personae online and find themselves in dire straits when trying to catch up.

Dear Editor, Rockland County is in dire straits financially, because of years of poor planning and bad budget practices.