7 sentences with 'shortage'
Example sentences and phrases with the word shortage and other words derived from it.
• « There will be no shortage of obstacles, to be sure, but continued progress is in sight...and it will be very satisfying. »
• « There was a relative shortage of Greeks relative to the native populations, and therefore the Seleucids were also the most diverse. »
• « The demographic consequences of the Black Death, namely its enormous death toll, resulted in a labour shortage across Europe. »
• « The reason for this temporary improvement in the legal and economic situation of women was precisely the same as that of the peasants: the shortage of labour. »
• « Because Russia was so huge, this exacerbated a labour shortage problem. Unlike in the west, there was more than enough land in Russia, but not enough peasants to work it. »
• « The most elementary laws of supply and demand in the economy were ignored in favour of irrational, indeed arbitrary, production systems. The result was a chronic shortage of goods and services that people actually needed (or wanted) and an equally huge surplus of useless and shoddy junk, from ill-fitting shoes to unreliable machinery. »
• « The problem with those suffering from Moebius syndrome was the shortage of adequate nerves to move a grafted muscle. »