1.   Larger urban dioceses in the Northeast, including the Archdiocese of Boston, have yet to experience any serious shortage of priests.

2.   The strike led to serious shortages of fuel in some areas.

3.   There is a serious shortage of food in some areas.

4.   Three days earlier National Development Minister Jamyangiyn Batsuur had appealed for emergency foreign aid to combat serious shortages of foodstuffs and medicines.

5.   At that time, Spain was predominantly agricultural and the interruption of normal activity during the war had resulted in serious shortages of foodstuffs.

6.   Analysts say most contractors at that time did hasty work with sub-standard construction materials because the construction boom caused a serious shortage of such products.

7.   Assist pumps may eliminate the need for some transplants, and so may help alleviate the serious shortage of donor hearts for transplant.

8.   Baseball is suffering from so serious a pitching shortage that teams will try anything and anyone.

9.   Because several drug companies other than Marsam manufacture and distribute cefazolin, the FDA says there is no serious shortage of that drug.

10.   But a serious shortage of Hispanic leaders, especially bilingual Latino priests, is making it difficult to minister to the new parishioners.