Sentence examples for were a severe problem from inspiring English sources

Mr. Crosson said that while labor shortages were "a severe problem" on the Island, it was not clear "to what extent undocumented aliens help resolve that problem".

Writer visited Hue & Danang in mid-May, talked to local politicians & visited refugee camps, which were a severe problem in Danang.

Bruce Biewald, the founder and chief executive of Synapse Energy Economics, a consulting firm, said that low electricity prices were a severe problem for generators in places like the Midwest, where power is sold at auction.

Food waste is a severe problem in China.

"Unemployment is a severe problem," said Zhong Dajun, who runs an economic research center in Beijing.

Rats and cockroaches are a severe problem, largely due to a lack of garbage cans and adequate cleaners.

"It's almost as though the department and the minister don't acknowledge that mental illness is a severe problem," she said.

Lack of transmission is a severe problem in a number of states that, like Texas, want to develop their wind resources.

"It's a severe problem in North Carolina, and this program turns waste into fertilizer pellets that don't smell," said Thomas Bates, a spokesman for Mr. Price.

But if bond yields rise a lot, that is a severe problem for a government with debt of more than 200% of GDP.

If it has never happened before, there is at least some chance that a stress test would not even consider what could be a severe problem.