Sentence examples for backlog but from inspiring English sources

She complains about the backlog, but everything needs her diligent time-consuming attention.

Christopher Bentley, an agency spokesman, acknowledged a backlog but said the cases were a relatively small part of the overall workload of background checks.

Two days ago, May denied there was a backlog, but the government has changed its approach in an attempt to calm the growing anger among the public.

Pugh, who earns £104,000 a year, at first denied there was a backlog but apologised to customers whose applications had been delayed.

Contractors are finishing the backlog, but there is considerable uncertainty while the state's Board of Public Utilities develops a new program, at least part of which is likely not to involve rebates.

And in the current crush of hearings, lawyers and inmates say, many are rushed and incomplete, resulting in yet more deferrals -- which erase an inmate from the backlog but still leave him without any resolution, typically for months.

The Estonian courts used to be notoriously backlogged, but that is no longer the case.

Mr. Cook acknowledged the problem, calling it "the mother of all backlogs," but he declined to be more specific about this quarter's production.

Not only does this cost the taxpayer money through court costs and ever-increasing backlogs, but it leaves asylum seekers in a devastating state of limbo.

It took months to clear out the patient backlogs, but now, the clinic administrators said, the system is working just as Dr. Murray promised.

A Department of Health spokesman said: "We are aware that there has been increased demand on cervical screening services due to recent media attention and some laboratories are experiencing backlogs, but these are being dealt with at a local level".