"The challenge for the transmission engineers to balance the grid with an unexpected 2,400 megawatts shortfall must have been huge."

Nevertheless, an "adjustment" charge was also added, ostensibly against a possible unexpected shortfall.

First, 3Com said that some independent distributors of its products experienced their own unexpected shortfalls in recent months.

It was an unexpected shortfall that could hamper his momentum, and his campaign acknowledged disappointment.

Some of the speculation linked the potential changes to the possibility of an unexpected shortfall in earnings, which the company is scheduled to report next Wednesday.

There are few steps the city can take so late in the fiscal year to make up for any unexpected shortfalls.

Under the program, loans are provided almost as entitlements to countries that experience unexpected shortfalls in exports as a result of conditions beyond their control.

The bad news is that we've had a sudden and unexpected shortfall in revenue.

Young is in urgent need of funds after an unexpected shortfall in reserves at its opencast sites.

(For cultural institutions, the word deficit means an unexpected shortfall between expenses and income from the box office, fund-raising and grants.)