huge backlog

collocation in English

meaningsofhugeandbacklog

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huge
adjective
uk
/hjuːdʒ/us
/hjuːdʒ/
extremely large in size ...
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backlog
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈbæk.lɒɡ/us
/ˈbæk.lɑːɡ/
a large number of things that you should have done before and must ...
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(Definition ofhugeandbacklogfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Ahugebacklognow exists, and we have to set priorities.
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There can be few trusts—certainly mine would not be one of them—which do not face ahugebacklogof maintenance.
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There was ahugebacklogof neglect, stretching back well beyond the previous 18 years.
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As we all know, there is ahugebacklogof poor condition council properties.
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There are tighter regulations for new homes, as he says, and it is time to deal with thehugebacklogof work in older properties.
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The first is that the authority faces ahugebacklogin school maintenance and repair.
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So there is ahugebacklogto make good over the next decade or so.
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There was ahugebacklogof essential work to be undertaken.
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As a result of the foot and mouth outbreaks, there is now ahugebacklogof testing of the 65,500 registered herds.
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That led immediately to ahugebacklogand huge delays.
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When will all pensioners get it, considering thehugebacklogat social security offices?
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Due to the inadequacy of our training in the past we have ahugebacklogof untrained people in our labour force.
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There is ahugebacklogof work which needs to be carried out on sewerage systems throughout the country.
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By any reckoning that must be considered ahugebacklogof sales to be processed.
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There is still ahugebacklogof paperwork.
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Alternatively, will there be ahugebacklogthat cannot be met which will show itself in rising prices and, therefore, further exclusion?
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We must get rid of thehugebacklog.
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There is ahugebacklogof repairs, its streets are filthy and its services are decaying.
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Although plenty is available, it is not enough to meet thehugebacklogthat built up over the years.
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However, he said that if we followed the initial proposal, thishugebacklogwould take 50 years and see some 6 million animals destroyed.
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