In some parts of this country, builders are befuddled by price fluctuations; in others, they are hamstrung by actual shortages.

Perhaps more depressing than actual shortages of provision is the tendency to alienate the old in contemporary society.

Rents are a good measure as if there was an actual shortage rents would increase at the same rate.

But here too, there is no actual shortage.

Certainly I've not seen any evidence of an actual shortage of their products.

Distribution problems have probably caused more deaths from starvation in recent years than an actual shortage of food.

The resulting reduction in current supply will push prices up now, before any actual shortages materialize.

And the averages understate the actual shortage of space available at what many consider affordable rents.

There is no actual shortage of specific studies, though here, as elsewhere, much more remains to be done.

"Coupled to that there have been actual shortages of people like nurses and qualified technicians in radiation therapy."