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Example sentences for "poor quality"

  • Have tried and discarded Rawle's Janet on account of poor quality, and Willow Twig on account of shy bearing.

  • But that ore is considered of poor quality if three librae of silver at the utmost are found in each one hundred librae of it[9].

  • Now, if a vein is of poor quality, the better portions which have been broken down and carried out should be thrown together in one place, and the inferior portion and the rock thrown away.

  • A boy throws the ore into one strake; if it is of poor quality he puts in a large amount of it, if it is rich he puts in less.

  • A medium-sized, firm, black Heart cherry of poor quality, ripening early in July.

  • The fruit is small and black; of poor quality.

  • Occasionally they are used to such an extent as to mask the natural flavors of foods, and to conceal poor cooking and preparation or poor quality.

  • If the gluten is of poor quality, or deficient in either gliadin or glutenin, the dough mass fails to properly expand because the gas is not all retained.

  • Poor bread making is due as often to lack of skill on the part of the bread maker, and to poor yeast, as it is to poor quality of flour.

  • Rommel's Beauty should not be confused with the Beauty of Minnesota, a grape from the State for which it was named, which has been discarded because of poor quality.

  • On clays, loams, or rich soils, the vines make a rank growth and the fruits are few, late and of poor quality.

  • The growth found on the dry hills is of poor quality, and is worth little, even for fuel.

  • The lumber is of poor quality, brittle, black, and otherwise defective.

  • Such is probably the case when the best cork elm and a medium or poor quality of hickory are in competition.

  • The lumbermen of the region, who cut Mexican white pine, are inclined to place low value on it, not because the wood is of poor quality, but because it is scarce.

  • When grown in summer, it is of poor quality.

  • It is of poor quality, quite unproductive, rots badly, and not worthy of cultivation.

  • It is comparatively of poor quality, and is little cultivated.

  • All the varieties should, upon boiling, hold their shape and double in size; in case they break into pieces and flatten, they are of poor quality.

  • Yeast is, of course, accountable for the lightness or sponginess of bread, but, in addition, it improves the flavor of the bread if it is of good quality or detracts from the flavor if it is of poor quality.

  • Large chunks or great quantities of ash indicate a poor quality of coal, and fine, powdery ash a good quality.

  • Private corporations furnished it a poor quality of water, taken from the Clyde River, and they charged high rates for it.

  • Private corporations furnished a poor quality of gas, at a high price; and private companies operated the street railroads.

  • The city constructed an aqueduct ninety miles to secure pure water and furnishes this for a little more than half what the private company had charged for a poor quality of water.

  • A damp and cloudy summer brings disaster to the vineyard in several ways; as small growth of vine, small set of fruit, a crop of poor quality, and the development of the several fungous diseases.

  • On clays, loams or rich soils, the vines make a rank growth, and the fruits are few, late and of poor quality.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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