In Cangoxima, the first place Father Master Francisco stopped at, there were a good number of Christians, although there was no one there to teach them ; the shortage of laborers prevented the whole kingdom from becoming Christian.

Haiti's economic stagnation results from earlier inappropriate economic policies, political instability, a shortage of good arable land, environmental deterioration, continued use of traditional technologies, under-capitalization and lack of public investment in human resources, migration of large portions of the skilled population, and a weak national savings rate.

One Plus was unable to expand due to the shortage of good sites.

In good financial times, some local companies have reported a shortage of skilled workers.

Many worked in the woollen mills, making good the labour shortage in that sector.

Austin's management systems however, especially cost control and marketing, were not as good as Nuffield's and as the market changed from a shortage of cars to competition this was to tell.

The quality of Manor pressings was not very good, but one could probably attribute that to the war time shellac shortage, which adversely affected even the major labels during WWII.

A shipwrecked merchant was thus helped three times, on the first two occasions apparently without doing him much good ; the third time however, John fitted him out with a ship and a cargo of wheat, and by favourable winds he was taken as far as Britain, where, as there was a shortage of wheat, he obtained his own price.

The eastern part of the region possesses good grazing land, but the shortage of water and poor communications render it uninhabitable at present.

Many inner city areas contained street after street of sub-standard tenement housing and the city as a whole had a shortage of affordable good quality accommodation.

Demand curves are used to estimate behaviors in competitive markets, and are often combined with supply curves to estimate the equilibrium price ( the price at which sellers together are willing to sell the same amount as buyers together are willing to buy, also known as market clearing price ) and the equilibrium quantity ( the amount of that good or service that will be produced and bought without surplus / excess supply or shortage / excess demand ) of that market.

The sheer hardship, drudgery and physical demands of the job ensure that there is always a shortage of good laborers.

Over time, he also needs to pay the holding cost of its inventory and a shortage cost if the good runs out of stock.

A shortage of a certain item does not necessarily mean that the item is not being produced ; rather, it means that the amount of the good demanded exceeds the amount supplied at a given price ( see Supply and demand ).

The ability to bear fruit in winter gives this plant a very important ecological value, being a good food source for many species, especially birds, at a time which has a shortage of resources.

She was particularly concerned that the lack of good female education led to a shortage of women teachers, nurses and prison attendants.

In common use, the term " shortage " may refer to a situation where most people are unable to find a desired good at an affordable price.

In the economic use of " shortage ", however, the affordability of a good for the majority of people is not an issue: If people wish to have a certain good but cannot afford to pay the market price, their wish is not counted as part of demand.

Whether an economic shortage of a certain good or service is beneficial or detrimental to society often depends on one's ethical and political views.

The resulting shortage was good for okolehao sales.

At Barkerville, in the Cariboo, over half the town's population was estimated to be Chinese, and several other towns including Richfield, Stanley, Van Winkle, Quesnellemouthe ( modern Quesnel ), Antler, and Quesnelle Forks had significant Chinatowns ( Lillooet's lasting until the 1930s ) and there was no shortage of successful Chinese miners.

When the Van Dorn Street Station opened in June 1991, Metro was forced to run trains every 12 minutes during rush hour rather than every 8 due to the rail car shortage.

An extended search for an anchorage at King Edward VII Land proved equally fruitless, so Shackleton was forced to break his undertaking to Scott and set sail for McMurdo Sound, a decision which, according to second officer Arthur Harbord, was " dictated by common sense " in view of the difficulties of ice pressure, coal shortage and the lack of any nearer known base.

Land prices needed to be high enough so that workers who saved to buy land of their own remained in the workforce long enough to avoid a labour shortage.

This sudden influx of men led to a shortage of RIC uniforms, and the new recruits were issued with khaki army uniforms ( usually only trousers ) and dark green RIC or blue British police surplus tunics, caps and belts.

This resulted in a surplus of males and a shortage of females, which led to the adoption of polyandry.

After the Second World War, a serious housing shortage and the return of large numbers of veterans led the national government, through the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation ( CMHC ), to promote suburbs by offering very low cost mortgages, with small down payments and easy terms.

The expanding population of Scandinavia led to a shortage of available resources and arable land there and led to a period of Viking expansion, the Norse gradually shifting their attention from plundering to invasion.

In 1918, the Great War ended with Italy among the winning powers, but the heavy toll of the conflict manifested itself in terms of food shortage, high unemployment and hyperinflation that quickly led to social unrest.

This loss of manpower led to a shortage of farm labour, and a corresponding rise in wages.

If this is so, the Sherden, pushed by Hittite expansionism of the Late Bronze Age and prompted by the famine that affected this region at the same time, may have been pushed to the Aegean islands, where shortage of space led them to seek adventure and expansion overseas.

Dicke noticed that the shortage of bread led to a significant drop in the death rate among children affected by CD from greater than 35 % to essentially zero.

The restrictions placed on the mass media and on the candidates ' expenditures during the campaign led to a shortage of information about the candidates and almost no political debate before the elections.

Almost 7, 800 of the 35, 000 civil aircraft built in the United States that year were Pipers, but a strike led to a shortage of steel tubing, interrupting production, and 1, 900 workers had to be suspended as a result.

The absence of refrigeration led to a shortage of food.

Bagration led the left wing at the Battle of Borodino ( 7 September 1812 ), where he constructed a number of flèches-due to a shortage of engineer officers though, these were poorly designed.

Beginning in 1961 with NBC Saturday Night at the Movies, a prime time network showing of a television premiere of major studio film, the other networks soon copied the format with each of the networks having several of the Week Night At The Movies that led to a shortage of movie studio product.

A shortage of available rolling stock to meet increasing demand led Arriva Trains Northern to lease Class 37s and Mark 2 carriages from EWS to top and tail a daily service from Leeds to Carlisle for 12 months from September 2003.

The focus on highly profitable drugs for chronic conditions and resulting de-emphasis of one-time acute treatment drugs has led to occasional shortages of antibiotics or vaccines, such as the influenza vaccine shortage in the United States.

There is a shortage of GPs in rural areas and increasingly outer metropolitan areas of large cities, which has led to the utilisation of overseas trained doctors ( international medical graduates ( IMGs )).

Azaewunky led his army into the deserted city at the end of March 1776, but was soon confronted with the same problem of the shortage of food.

Diverting water from the headwaters of the Ica River to asparagus fields has also led to a water shortage in the mountain region of Huancavelica, where indigenous communities make a marginal living herding.

Rather than reveal the pressing shortage of military manpower that had led to the decision to concede Roanoke, Benjamin accepted Congressional censure for the action without protest and resigned.

In 1897 a shortage of 3-aurar stamps led to the overprinting of 5-aurur stamps with þrir or þrir / 3 ; these are rare, and unfortunately excellent counterfeits have been produced.

High yields led to a shortage of various utilities — labor to harvest the crops, bullock carts to haul it to the threshing floor, jute bags, trucks, rail cars, and grain storage facilities.

A larger second expedition led by the Castilian king himself reached and besieged Lisbon for four months before being forced to retreat by a shortage of food supplies due to harassment from Nuno Álvares Pereira, and the bubonic plague.

This shortage in manpower and equipment led Vatutin's Southwestern Front to request over 19, 000 soldiers and 300 tanks, while it was noted that the Voronezh Front had only received 1, 600 replacements since the beginning of operations in 1943.