The phrase "a growing shortfall" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an increasing deficit or lack of something, often in financial or resource contexts.
Example: "The company is facing a growing shortfall in its budget, which may impact future projects."
Alternatives: "an increasing deficit" or "a rising gap".
But the state will still be deeply in debt, and facing a growing shortfall in its pension fund — $54 billion and counting — that helped spur a downgrade of the state's bonds.
PHILADELPHIA — Mayor Michael A. Nutter on Thursday proposed temporarily raising sales and property taxes to help fill a growing shortfall in the city's budget for the 2010 fiscal year.
The delays, which could begin as soon as the next school year, are part of a plan being considered by school officials to deal with a growing shortfall in the school construction budget.
In California, for example, Gov. Gray Davis has proposed $2.2 billion in spending cuts to cover a growing shortfall in the current fiscal year, with more than $840 million of this coming from earlier, more optimistic spending plans for education.
For months, NHS leaders have been warning politicians about a growing shortfall in their budget.
So far Mr. Rowland has not offered enough specifics to make up the growing shortfall.
"The trustees of the School Construction Authority have known about the growing shortfall for two years," Mr. Sanders said.
The growing shortfall reflects his inability to easily claw back $700 million in customer money that ended up in accounts overseas.
Its supporters argue that it promises to meet the growing shortfall as the world's wild fisheries become more and more exhausted.
The minister said it was "unfair and unrealistic" to expect taxpayers to cover the growing shortfall between employees' contributions and pension payments.
The project is designed to help Britain fill its growing shortfall of engineers, which is forecast to stand at one million engineers by 2020.
