"A tremendous backlog has built up, so shipments will remain high no matter how many new orders come in," Mr. Brinner said.

Because Neill was the only judge in the district, and had died in October 1979, Quackenbush and fellow appointee Robert J. McNichols immediately faced a tremendous backlog of cases.

"The Department of Energy has allowed its nuclear-weapons production plants to degrade over time, leaving a tremendous backlog of deferred maintenance and modernization," he said.

"It's unfortunate that we inherited a tremendous backlog from the previous administration," said Denise Ellison, a spokeswoman for the Division of Human Rights.

Jones & Hardesty had a tremendous backlog, because we were designing Starship Prometheus.

Most courts were shut down for six weeks and the number of judges severely reduced, creating a tremendous backlog.

They've had a tremendous backlog of cases there for a long time.

A tremendous backlog of manpower.

We know that there is a tremendous backlog of research that is not getting done because this reactor is not in operation.

There is a tremendous backlog of reform in the EU.