Sentence examples for backlog of books from inspiring English sources

Mr. Lubetzky worked for years at the Library of Congress, where he started in the 1940's sorting out an overwhelming backlog of books waiting to be entered into the library's soaring inventory.

They are printed as they are ordered, so there is never a backlog of unsold books.

Also, I had a backlog of bestselling books that I never intended to actually read but wanted to have read merely to be able to make snarky comments about the film adaptations.

BorgWarner has already booked a $1.6 billion backlog of new business through 2008.

ARM has a record backlog of orders.

Airbus and Boeing have bulging order books, with a combined backlog of 10,000 aircraft worth nearly $1 trillion at list prices.

The current backlog of property stuck on the agency's books, with an appraised value of $1.8 billion, ranges from an $18,700 clapboard home with stained carpets in Birmingham, Ala., to a $1.7 million mountainside lodge with a heated driveway in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

"The E.E.O.C. investigators regularly try to settle cases before they are fully investigated, as a means of clearing backlog off the books," said Laurence E. Stuart, a labor lawyer based in Houston who represents companies before the E.E.O.C. "Likewise, withdrawals with benefits are not always based on merit.

The order books at Boeing and Airbus are bulging with a backlog of some 6,000 aircraft.

General Electric said on Friday that it closed the books on 2010 with strong earnings and a backlog of new orders that position the company for growth in 2011.

As discussed, a backlog of cases likely contributes to the high volume encountered here.