Sentence examples for it was a shortfall from inspiring English sources

Palestinian officials said that Arab countries had promised to donate funds and make up for any losses caused by punitive Israeli actions, though it was a shortfall in donor money, largely from Arab nations, that caused the financial crisis in the first place.

Unless governments are willing to make massive cuts to spending it is a shortfall that can only be met by increased taxation.

It's a shortfall that must be made up.

It was a larger shortfall than the £6bn forecast by economists in a Reuters poll.

The NAO said the £1.7bn was not entirely wasted because some of Metronet's work, covering three-quarters of the tube network, was still beneficial, but it found there was a shortfall of between £170m and £410m in the amount taxpayers' money spent on Metronet and the value of the work done.

The result was a shortfall of more than 3,000 children.

At that level, it was a reasonable response to anticipated budget shortfalls estimated at well over $100 billion this year.

"They continued to reduce the revenue to the state and claimed it's a budget shortfall".

The GF should do this quickly, as it is a serious shortfall in the GF guiding principle of transparency.

It's a very large shortfall, and you can't be reckless with public money.

In December, it cited revenue shortfalls in its consumer Internet business, MSN, as one reason it was forecasting a shortfall, and today Mr. Connors said that the company's $400 rebate promotion had in effect been too popular.