"There'll be a drastic shortage of pretty ladies, now that the three of you are taking your leave."

We're now facing, in probably the next five years, some drastic shortages.

There is a drastic shortage of attendance centres for young women.

During the early 1980's, when starting salaries were only $14,527 a year, the city began suffering a drastic shortage of qualified teachers.

Emotional and psychological problems are rampant, but there is a drastic shortage of mental health professionals to treat them.

Of course, a drastic shortage of teachers may improve pay and teaching conditions all by itself.

That affirmative answer brought a drastic shortage of natural gas.

Currently there is a drastic shortage of affordable, quality early education programs that are accessible to working families.

Then women's liberation arrived, and with it, a drastic shortage of teachers and nurses.

The board of education is confronting a drastic shortage of experienced and qualified teachers.