1. Your tyres look a bit ropey, don't they?

2. I'm feeling a bit ropey this morning.

3. Your spelling's a bit ropey.

4. I'm feeling pretty ropey.

5. His body will dry in ropey tatters.

6. Bank of China's investments in ropey American mortgages are almost as much as the amount it raised in a Hong Kong share offering last year.

7. Their health-care system suffers from queues,( ) shortages and ropey equipment.

8. Despite the ropey production values, Flywheel was a success on its own terms, attracting large audiences at an Albany multiplex and later expanding to a few regional theaters.

9. Cruised to qualification after a ropey first-half during their first game against Andorra.

10. And despite feeling ropey the following morning, always try to eat breakfast.

11. Mixing butter, red mineral pigments, and sometimes incense, Hamar women roll their hair into thick, ropey strands. See more photographs from the March 2010 feature story "Africa's Last Frontier."

12. There's a serious worry about patent offices and how you stop them from granting pretty ropey patents, " he said."

13. In one surprise scene, Cantona gets out his trumpet to pump out a ropey Marseillaise.