That said, Congress still took too little action to address institutional weaknesses.

"Our legislation is copied by several countries but it is not effective because of an institutional weakness and, sometimes, lack of political will", he declared.

Third world countries typically suffer from institutional weaknesses.

The director of central intelligence is likely to resist such disclosure of institutional weakness.

But in both cases, "hot money" has proved an Achilles' heel, magnifying the impact of more fundamental institutional weaknesses and immensely complicating rescue efforts.

The assassination in prison of the four police officers suspected of the crime provided an extraordinary example of the country's institutional weakness.

The structural and institutional weaknesses in Haiti are well known, and this disaster has obviously revealed the tragic extent of those weaknesses.

The House will be aware that criminal activity thrives on institutional weaknesses and the fragility of efforts to consolidate the rule of law.

Boxed in by budgetary pressures, orchestra administrators can't correct institutional weaknesses.

Governance issues, institutional weaknesses and lack of control mechanisms are responsible for the failure of the Buenos Aires water concession.