8 sentences with 'shortages'
Example sentences and phrases with the word shortages and other words derived from it.
• « This was a huge demographic shift in a very short time that had lasting consequences for European society, thanks mainly to the labour shortages introduced by the Black Death. »
• « The revolutionaries in 1793 feared foreign invasion and food shortages, along with royalist uprisings in parts of France itself. The result was the appointment of a dictatorial emergency committee, the Committee of Public Safety, headed by twelve of the most radical members of the republican government. »
• « The home front was in dire straits, with severe food shortages, and inadequate ammunition (especially for artillery) reaching the front. Therefore, the German armies pushed steadily into Russian territory. »
• « In many cases, labour shortages led to advances for women that simply could not be reversed at the end of the war. »
• « Although there were still shortages of food and consumables, many Germans felt that things were better than they had been. The Nazis refused to continue with war reparations and soon the rapidly rebuilding military was organising huge public rallies. »
• « In the face of these pressing problems, water shortages and pollution, explorations are being carried out to find underground rivers. »
• « Food shortages in the future will be saved by the resources of the sea. Aquaculture technicians will then be the ones to extract, process and make these "fruits of the waters" digestible. »