Sentence examples for shortages about from inspiring English sources

Despite the shortages, about 200 customers line up at his counter every day, he said, asking for coins and bars, not certificates.

Mr. Orr described Detroit's problems, which include annual cash shortages, about $14 billion in long-term liabilities, and complaints by residents that broken streetlights are not replaced and that the police do not respond to calls — as "very challenging".

Since demonstrators took to the streets of Venezuela two months ago to protest against high inflation, one of the world's worst crime rates and food shortages, about 35 people have died, including a man in the city of Maracay, where El Aragueño is based.

However, there are still some shortages about this kind of models.

The automaker estimates that it faces shortages of about 150 critical parts, down from about 500 immediately after the March 11 quake.

It is imperative to ask: how have these alleged shortages come about?

Washington's shortage is about $1.6 billion, and Colorado has a $700 million hill to climb.

There were riots about the enclosure of common land, about the enforced movement of grain from producing regions to areas of shortage, about high taxes and low wages, and about the volatility of trade.

As in many other emerging-market countries, India had a severe pilot shortage about five years ago, as the number of passengers and airlines grew faster than the country could churn out new pilots.

And the shortages are about to get worse.

We have some personnel shortages, sorry about your leave.