Sentence examples for desperate shortage from inspiring English sources

There is a desperate shortage of housing.

They leave behind a desperate shortage of resources.

Complaints abound about its congestion, pollution, desperate shortage of water and hugely expensive housing.

But councils are facing unprecedented pressures in tackling the desperate shortage of school places.

The irony is that their best scores underline the desperate shortage of goods.

But this unshakeable logic slams straight into the desperate shortage of social care funding.

There's been a desperate shortage of gimmick-free, quality light entertainment on British television.

And such is the desperate shortage of petrol that only a few cars cruised the town honking their claxons.

The conditions are ripe: the country has plenty of scientists, an entrepreneurial culture and a desperate shortage of fresh water.

More children are being put into care - and yet there is a desperate shortage of foster parents.

As Africa tries to fight AIDS, the single most serious obstacle is a desperate shortage of health workers.