| I have been warned to expect a significant shortfall on my mortgage endowment. |
| The Wallacean shortfall refers primarily to the inadequacy of our knowledge of the geographical distributions of species. |
| We have now been told by our insurer that a shortfall is likely and we were not warned at the outset. |
| Chief executive Chris Moller informed an audience in Auckland that the shortfall in hotel beds could be made up by the use of Winnebagos. |
| Between desire and reality, potential and realization, what could be and what is, lies the shortfall. |
| Some of that shortfall can be explained away by a booming economy, growing employment and a falling social security burden. |
