Sentence examples for despite a backlog from inspiring English sources

Last year, only 62,000 cards were issued despite a backlog of hundreds of thousands of applications.

Despite a backlog of airplane orders stretching for years at both Airbus, which is owned by EADS, and its main rival, the Boeing Company, aircraft manufacturers are seeing troubling signs among their customers.

The president has ordered the growth of immigrant detention beyond the country's current record 40,000 detainees, but he has not provided for more immigration judges, despite a backlog of more than 500,000 cases.

Despite these efforts, a backlog occurred, causing specimens to be grouped in order of priority for rapid versus delayed processing.

For months the government insisted that all was well, despite growing evidence of a backlog.

Labour have accused ministers of incompetence, saying they initially refused to acknowledge there was a backlog despite MPs being inundated with complaints by their constituents.

Earlier this year, city officials disclosed that despite a massive backlog of broken and damaged walkways, millions of dollars earmarked for sidewalk repairs was expected to go unspent.

Despite head-on competition from IAE, sales of the CFM56 are growing by 20% a year and CFM has a backlog of orders.

Or with a backlog of e-mails.

It has a backlog of three thousand ideas.

The government has finally admitted there is a problem despite denials in previous days from the Passport Office that they are having to clear a backlog.