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Any further expansion was impossible because of the poor supply situation.

This further aggravated the problem of already poor supply lines.

Black bears will prey on livestock if their natural food is in poor supply.

Rumours flew, but news was in very poor supply.

But his army is weakened by bubonic plague and poor supplies.

There are whole areas here, Donald, where basic facilities such as water, for example, are in very poor supply or simply don't exist at all.

The poor supply of properties coupled with high demand; between 1989-2005, almost no new apartments were built in Romania.

Poor supply conditions convinced Chevert that a massive attack was required to rescue the situation.

Prisoners died due to bad camp conditions and the poor supply of food, shelter, clothing, and health care.

Also, due to the poor supply of power, most homes have to rely on fuel and diesel in generators to keep their electricity running.

"And since that exhausts my poor supply of formality, for darkness' sake, let's sit down."

Laval scorned the conduct of the war and the poor supply of troops in the field.

It digests insects in order to supplement the poor supply of nutrients (especially nitrogen) available from the bog.

Napoleon's lightning campaign exposed the Austrian indecisive command structure and poor supply apparatus.

A poor supply of fresh water and dwellings without adequate drainage led to a cholera outbreak in the town in 1832.

But poor supply meant the fledgling MTB industry stuck with the smaller wheels.

There were also a few Lee Enfield rifles, about a half dozen revolvers but a poor supply of ammunition.

As a result of the increasingly poor supply towards the end of World War II, production figures fell again in 1944.

Because of his poor supply lines back to Sweden, Armfeldt's army had to live off the land, causing great suffering to the people of the region.

Leather kepis were however issued as a forage cap to Paraguayan troops, and because of poor supply standards, were often seen in combat.

The middle third has a poor supply of blood, relying on the tiny vessels of the peritendon (the membrane that surrounds the tendons).

Because of poor supplies and lack of coordination, the expedition was trapped in the mountainous regions of northern Albania and failed.

P. vulgaris and D. rotundifolia are insectivorous, supplementing the poor supply of minerals in boggy areas by digesting insects.

Low demand, as well as poor supply, of public services is also important in understanding the limits to social protection and poverty relief in Equatorial Guinea.

The adult bees, owing to the initially poor supply situation, are relatively small, reaching only about half the body length of the Queen and lacking functioning ovaries.