Sentence examples for ago problems from inspiring English sources

Police began to invest resources in Operation Pheasant when they saw a surge in shoplifting, homelessness and assaults in the town a few years ago, problems they now understand reflect the difficulties experienced by migrant workers, who find that employment here is not as stable or as well-paid as they might have expected.

Essentially, we spend the first half of the play hearing hints about a mysterious letter from Miss Helen, tragic events of 15 years ago, problems for Elsa and the looming, threatening appearance of Marius.

Seventy years ago, problems similar to the ones that toxicology is now facing characterized the challenge of obtaining reliable evidence for medical practice.

And why is this a now problem rather than a five-or-ten-years-ago problem?

"When I was in grad school 30 years ago, most problems were native pests and diseases.

"Twenty years ago, the problem was perceived as Jamaican yardies.

NOT long ago, the problem was floods; now it is drought.

"If we had just 10% of the resources we have now a few months ago, the problem would have been handled," says an executive.

A few months ago, the problem in Nassau County was that no one had a plan to solve the county's serious fiscal crisis.

Not that long ago, the problem of airlines losing checked bags was so pervasive, it gave rise to a joke in which an airline hijacker tells the pilot, "I demand you take me to where my luggage is going".

"This was all predicted 15 years ago, this problem," said Dora Nevares-Muñiz, a criminologist and law professor at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico who sat on a commission that evaluated the Police Department in 2008.