1.   It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases before a descent can be made into a very deep cave.

2.   Our supply base activities continue to evolve as offshore operators increasingly contract out non-core activities and delegate more responsibility to service companies.

3.   The inevitable slowing down in drilling which will stem from the withdrawal of the concession is bound to hit jobs at Scottish supply bases sooner rather than later.

4.   Since petrochemicals are, by definition, derived from crude oil or gas, must not the concept of a secure supply base also embrace these?

5.   Ay Khanom is a large training and supply base on the Tajik border, the conduit for almost all the military material entering Afghanistan.

6.   But Colombian and American officials say the Farc has taken that position only because Brazil is more useful to them at the moment as a rear supply base.

7.   But the scrap metal companies can improve their supply base by competing vigorously to win large industrial accounts.

8.   Nationalist Serb attacks would be deterred with wide-ranging air strikes at ammunition dumps and supply bases throughout Bosnia, not just the weapons directly threatening Bihac.

9.   On the positive side, I found that these auctions not only save buyers money but also can increase the competitiveness of the supply base.

10.   Tahiti, in French Polynesia, has benefited as a supply base for Mururoa, where France plans to resume nuclear tests in September.