1.   Manufacturers have a long backlog of orders, and last year both Boeing and Airbus Industrie announced plans to convert their smallest commercial jets into business jets.

2.   Since its creation, the board has been troubled by chronic staffing shortages and a long backlog of incomplete investigations.

3.   But it could take years before the tribunal examines the case due to a long backlog of appeals.

4.   But the court, which has a long backlog of cases, sometimes gives local courts the authority to conduct trials on its behalf.

5.   It can take years before the tribunal examines cases, due to a long backlog of appeals.

6.   Ontario also has decided to send some cancer patients to Buffalo, Detroit and other U.S. cities for radiation treatment because of a long backlog at home.