Sentence examples for a major backlog from inspiring English sources

They describe the department's firearms section, which processes seized guns by test-firing them and matching casings, as having a major backlog of unprocessed illegal pistols.

"For F.D.A., a Major Backlog Overseas" (news article, Jan . 29 is a sobering reminder that the Food and Drug Administration is stretched to its breaking point and cannot fulfill its food safety mandate without additional resources.

Ms. Baldassare said that in 2002, when a major backlog of unpaid parking violations was discovered, the town stepped up efforts to collect the fines and significantly reduced the amount of money owed.

Instructors started demanding the upper floor every other month - a change that would create a major backlog.

"...These clients fail to realize that by neglecting the key aspect of User Interface and Experiences, it will cause a major backlog in productivity once the system is live.

Can funds be secured quickly enough to avoid a major fixture backlog?

A major reason for the backlog of contested cases on Long Island is the fact that many of the contested divorces involve a lot of money.

Job creation over the last two years has been steady but too slow to put a major dent in the backlog of unemployed workers, and the February jobs report due out on Friday is expected to be equally mediocre.

Clearly, a major contributor to DNA analysis backlogs in our forensic science laboratories is the chronic underfinancing of these laboratories.

The backlog has become a major source of embarrassment for the department, causing bipartisan ire in Congress and bitter frustration among thousands of veterans who complain of long waits, unfair decisions and delayed payments.

Leaders in both parties have supported passing a patent bill, and many of them have said the fee diversion is a major contributor to the three-year backlog in patent applications and to the decrepit state of the patent system's computer networks.