1.   Shale extraction could make the United States self-sufficient in oil for the foreseeable future, thus eliminating dependence on foreign supplies, which has increasingly worried the Pentagon.

2.   In theory, such a law can eliminate the dependence on big contributions, thus freeing candidates from the demands contributors might make on them.

3.   Moomaw said he believes it is possible for Americans to significantly reduce and possibly eliminate their dependence on Arab oil.

4.   Such a deal would eliminate dependence on France Telecom network and the access charges that could entail.

5.   The Primorsk port would give Russia direct access to the Baltic Sea for its oil exports, eliminating dependence on neighboring Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.