1.   A water flea that is starving in a crowded pond is the victim not of food shortage but of competition.

2.   First, is it the case that hunger and food shortages are the result of population pressure?

3.   Food shortages are often a problem in developing nations.

4.   Food shortages are so severe that mass starvation is a definite possibility.

5.   Food shortages led to widespread social unrest.

6.   Food shortages prompted a flood of charitable donations.

7.   Food shortages would probably galvanise public anger into action, as would a complete collapse of the economy.

8.   He remembered the food shortages of the war years.

9.   Millions of lives are at risk because of food shortages.