Sentence examples for backlog has grown from inspiring English sources
In recent years, the commission's enforcement backlog has grown to 1,500 cases, a situation that Mr. Douglas and his staff attribute to insufficient personnel.
According to government records, the number of V.A. disability claims, and the resulting backlog, has grown every year since Mr. Obama took office.
The asylum case backlog has grown by more than 1,750 percent over the last five years, and the rate of new asylum applications has more than tripled, according to USCIS.
The West Virginia State Police reported that its DNA case backlog had grown to 697 cases by Dec. 31, 2007, from 560 cases in July 2007, despite receiving about $230,000 in federal money.
Backlogs had grown and foreign prisoners were not being removed.
The felony backlog, however, has grown dramatically since the courts merged.
The department currently has 20,000 sites awaiting sign-off, a backlog that has grown by 4,000 since Ms. Jackson took office.
According to Ms. Speier, the backlog in Oakland has grown so severe that all new claims are immediately sent to V.A. offices in Lincoln, Neb., and Muskogee, Okla., where the backlog is less serious.
Even as the backlog of repairs has grown significantly, officials have been hesitant to shift the burden back to property owners or back local tax increases to pay for upkeep.
One of the bill's main goals is to relieve the patent office's backlog of applications, which has grown considerably in recent years.
