backlog

Preposition: of

• repair: We will start to tackle the backlog of school repairs.
• emails: As a result of the NS situation we have a significant backlog of emails, hence the delay in responding.
• maintenance: A lack of volunteers has resulted in a mounting backlog of routine maintenance, especially with rolling stock.
• mail: However there is still a backlog of mail causing delays still.

Converse of object

• accumulate: During his latter years he turned to research on East Anglian churches - abandoning his accumulated backlog of excavations.
• tackle: DEFRA: £ 3m boost to tackle backlog of bovine TB tests.
• inherit: The Government inherited a huge backlog in 1997, which then got worse.
• clear: The purpose is to clear the existing backlog of cases by the end of the summer.
• eliminate: DWI has given high priority to the investigation of incidents and has eliminated the backlog of the ' older ' incidents.
• reduce: We were also reducing the backlog of asylum applications.

Adjective modifier

• huge: We know about their huge backlog, only now finally being overcome.
• enormous: We believe that a fund is needed to attract scientists and catch up with the enormous backlog of need.
• massive: On the other side of the equation, there is a massive backlog of sites waiting to be reviewed.
• substantial: A substantial backlog of cases has now built up.
• considerable: We are working to catch up with the considerable backlog of the individual RNAi experiments from papers.

Modifies a noun

maintenance: Where there is significant backlog maintenance the incoming occupier must be aware of their liability.

Noun used with modifier

• maintenance: The Safety maintenance backlog was reduced from £ 83 million to £ 71 million.
• fixture: United plan to demonstrate against their fixture backlog this month.
• documentation: It explores ho... Documentation Planning Workshop For museums with a documentation backlog a documentation plan is an essential requirement for Accreditation.
• asylum: In October IND wrote to the second Member explaining the White Paper measures to clear the asylum backlog.