Yet even in relatively good economic times, residential construction in New York has lagged behind that in other cities.

While construction of storage capacity has lagged behind the demand for natural gas, we have seen record levels of price volatility.

Building work began in a French style with pointed late Gothic arches, but construction lagged.

But even with that, construction has lagged behind the number of students flooding the schools.

The result was that the construction of a modern air defense system lagged.

For one, construction has lagged so far behind demand over the last decade that there remains a burdensome shortage of nearly all types of housing.

But the construction of Queens West has lagged, and the renovation of the railroad station never took place.

Back then, new construction lagged behind demand as the Long Island economy rapidly moved from manufacturing toward office-based services.

However, the legislature acted slowly in providing construction funds, and then construction lagged.

Because of lack of investment, construction of railroads to span the region lagged behind that in the North.