| People are very reluctant to accept pay cuts, even when the company is in pretty dire straits. |
| He added that City had been in dire straits several times before and had always managed to scrape their way clear. |
| But I, like many newer Canadians, do not carry the weight of having placed them in dire straits. |
| Schools in this country, in the government system now are in dire straits in many cases. |
| Seeing local hospitals in dire straits, she convinced British drug manufacturers to donate medicine, which she later took to Russia. |
| The organisation, founded two months ago, not only tries to help victims in dire straits, but also helps to arrange funerals for those killed. |
