Sentence examples for years of backlog from inspiring English sources

"But we've got 30-plus years of backlog, of communities that need to be retrofitted, where we have to go back in and put in building codes and zoning and create a fire-resilient landscape.

At this point, at 21, he has 14 years of backlog.

But the bill will also include a host of measures to eliminate, over 10 years, a backlog of 4.7 million immigrants who have applied to come here legally and have been languishing in the system, waiting for permanent resident visas known as green cards.

Within the first two years of my administration, the backlog will cease to exist.

Talk story about a meeting of citizens who care about and for street treesNof which New York City has from six to eight hundred thousand, technically under the guardianship of the Parks Department, but because of a seven-year backlog of pruning requests, generally left to make it on their own.

By Patti Hagan The New Yorker, May 3 , 1982P. 37 Talk story about a meeting of citizens who care about and for street treesNof which New York City has from six to eight hundred thousand, technically under the guardianship of the Parks Department, but because of a seven-year backlog of pruning requests, generally left to make it on their own.

Mr. Obama, addressing the annual convention of the Disabled American Veterans, said that his administration was finally shrinking a backlog of years of benefits claims — by 20 percent in the past five months.

"Whether it is a breakdown in technology or a backlog from years of neglect, we must do better".

But it will be years before the backlog of cases of accused priests is resolved by the church.

More than 75,000 people have applied for asylum in the past year; a backlog of 93,365 are awaiting decisions.

THE NEWS The Chinese economy showed signs of slowing after two years of torrid growth, as manufacturers' backlogs shortened and auto sales unexpectedly stalled.