This is in poor shape but it marks an area worth exploring.

The men's professional game, excluding Andy Murray, is in very poor shape.

But since most governments' finances are in poor shape, they themselves need bailouts.

Landscape without wildlife is just scenery. The world is in poor shape, she says.

Most are festooned with religious slogans or horoscope signs and are in poor shape.

And Lawrence's feet had been in poor shape even back when he killed Vorix.

Continental EU economies remain in poor shape, particularly Germany where deflation is a real threat.

This long rain has gotten me in poor shape.

With sagging foreign exchange reserves, Egypt is in poor shape to cope with either threat.

The Cold War, after all, was still icy and the global economy was in poor shape.

Often by the time a fund puts itself up for sale, it is in very poor shape.

Soon his breath came short -he was in poor shape after so many days of privation.

It is clear that the jobs market is in poor shape and that corporate profitability is under pressure.

Continued weakness in technology stocks and a batch of banking downgrades left the Irish market in poor shape.

The lane was in poor shape: too many heavy wagons using it, carrying ballast for the new road.

But even as companies look to consolidate, too many are in such poor shape to attract a buyer.