| severe shortage | 12.57 | Suddenly there is a severe shortage. | ||
| acute shortage | 9.08 | There used to be an acute shortage. | ||
| serious shortage | 6.52 | Serious shortages seem unlikely. | ||
| housing shortage | 6.19 | Poland has an acute housing shortage. | ||
| chronic shortage | 6.12 | There are chronic shortages of money. | ||
| labour shortage | 4.02 | Labour shortage would have been more intense. | ||
| critical shortage | 3.36 | There is also a critical shortage of airplane parts. | ||
| widespread shortage | 2.57 | Labor shortages widespread. | ||
| funding shortage | 2.11 | But work has been slow and plagued by funding shortages. | ||
| nursing shortage | 1.97 | GIBSONBURG, Ohio - Nursing shortages are not new. | ||
| current shortage | 1.91 | Such is the current shortage of foreign language teachers. | ||
| temporary shortage | 1.71 | This created a temporary shortage. | ||
| spot shortage | 1.65 | Spot shortages are surfacing across the country. | ||
| nationwide shortage | 1.58 | An unexpected nationwide shortage of the drug had hit. | ||
| staffing shortage | 1.58 | Staffing shortages are nothing new to the LAPD. | ||
| desperate shortage | 1.51 | There was a desperate shortage of doctors. | ||
| growing shortage | 1.45 | Overlays are one way to deal with the growing shortage of area codes. | ||
| worldwide shortage | 1.45 | There is a worldwide shortage of oil. | ||
| possible shortage | 1.38 | And shoppers were similarly eager to head off possible shortages. | ||
| future shortage | 1.32 | In addition to cranes, the only other future shortage might be in headliners. |