51.   It was dark, and the plumbing was in very bad shape.

52.   Los Angeles County, after all, is just about broke, and California is in bad shape too.

53.   Martin told me that Catherine, like Jim, was in pretty bad shape.

54.   Most are in pretty bad shape after years of neglect and vandalism.

55.   Nearly a decade ago, it was in such bad shape that it closed.

56.   Neither the Philippines nor Malaysia, though, is in nearly as bad shape as Thailand, where the economy is growing at the slowest rate in a decade.

57.   Of the two areas listed as concerns among respondents, nearly three-quarters said the school system was in bad shape.

58.   On the educational front, the ghetto schools are in bad shape in terms of quality....

59.   Our cities are in really bad shape.

60.   Others have watered, maybe sporadically or improperly, and their lawns are still in bad shape as a dry, hot summer draws to a close.