Tom's English leaves much to be desired.

Your behavior leaves much to be desired.

This result leaves much to be desired.

His plan leaves much to be desired.

I'm sorry to say, but the service isn't very good.

My knowledge of German is poor.

The government's new economic plan leaves much to be desired.

Your French leaves a lot to be desired.

Despite this progress, the country's human rights situation leaves a lot to be desired.

Nothing better could be desired.

I couldn't wish for anything better.

Then explore Old Arbat Street for a potentially cheap souvenir, though tourists should beware of overpriced goods if they are not up to snuff with their Russian.

About 14.5 of the American population as a whole is poor, but 19.9 of children some 15 million individuals live in poverty.

Many blogs talk about how the level of education in Pakistan is not only extremely challenging but also very stagnant.

If a lot of people are leaving their seats during a sporting event, you might consider it an indication that the event is not exciting.

Indeed, the most frequently floated proposals leave much to be desired.

If not as dark as 15 years ago, China s human rights record remains abysmal. The British Foreign Office s annual human rights report for 2004, the most comprehensive in the EU, condemns China s extensive use of the death penalty (even for such crimes as corruption, pimping, drug offenses, and tax fraud), its systematic torture of dissidents, and its restrictions on freedom of speech including the Internet and religion.

The Chinese people themselves, however, have been far from unaware that the purity of their food, medicine, water, and air is in doubt.

If not as dark as 15 years ago, China s human rights record remains abysmal.

All the same, manipulation by powerful countries and the foes of human rights have left the CHR in bad shape.

Meanwhile, Mexico s media are freer, better, and stronger than ever, even if on occasion the quality of their output leaves much to be desired.

And yet Europe s current proposals on migration leave much to be desired.

To be sure, although 2004 was one of the region s better years in terms of economic growth, the outcome of two decades of so called structural reform remains disappointing. Inequality has increased, poverty has been reduced only slightly at best, employment remains stubbornly low, corruption, violence, crime, and political gridlock continue unabated, and foreign investment and free trade agreements with the US have yet to deliver the goods.

To be sure, although 2004 was one of the region s better years in terms of economic growth, the outcome of two decades of so called structural reform remains disappointing.

Although many Arab states have been opening new schools and universities, and are allowing more private educational institutions to flourish, the quality of education in the region still leaves much to be desired.

These private classes are not only intended to help the beneficiaries with exam preparation, but also to enable a higher exam pass rate in a town which, just like all the other towns in the north of Mali, is dealing with a major security crisis.

In spite of the favourable situation in the labour market, the issue of real disposable incomes leaves a lot to be desired.

Whoever is behind the 'satellite photo', their Photoshop skills leave much to be desired.

The Chinese people themselves, however, have been far from unaware that the purity of their food, medicine, water, and air is in doubt. The xiadao xiaoxi (back alley news) has long been replete with rumors of things going awry.

Despite its reluctance to change, the Saudi royal family is obviously yielding to these multiple pressures from within, from neighbors, and from the wider world, although the extent of change is still nominal and obviously leaves much to be desired.

If online commentary by journalists and ordinary citizens is any metric, the Serbian government's response to the summer's floods has room for improvement.

Insist on the best.

This is reason for hope.

But what might Syria want?

How can I desire children?

What more could a man want?

What more could a woman want?

The world deserves better.

Tom deserved better.

Tom deserves better.

We expected better.

They deserve better.

I deserve better.

You deserve better.

You deserve better.