David Orr, chief executive, said: «With 1.6 million households currently on waiting lists, it is crucial that we deal with out desperate shortage of affordable homes. (politics.co.uk)
Thus in dealing with the real human problems, such as the relief of suffering, the adjustment of personality, the release from fear and ignorance, the care of the physically or mentally defective or of the aged and infirm, there is nearly always a desperate shortage of living agents, and among their small number the cozily non-committed agnostic is very rarely to be found. (religion-online.org)
«Our country has a desperate shortage of housing. (politics.co.uk)