11.   Such bulk purchases from Costco, a discount chain, are not unusual, the police said.

12.   That would help eliminate bulk purchases of handguns, another major source of the weapons that gravitate to criminals.

13.   The planned bulk purchase of airline seats between the United States and London may be only the first in a series of such deals by American Express.

14.   There is a well-developed market for such bulk purchases of hotel rooms, since hotels are willing to take less money in return for a volume purchase.

15.   There are no discounts for bulk purchases.

16.   Toiv said some of the taxpayer costs, such as overtime and a bulk purchase of computers, inflate the inaugural expense.

17.   To reduce that possibility, it is advising governments to consider bulk purchases of formula and other milk substitutes and to dispense them mainly through prescriptions.

18.   Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors without Borders, took the lead in coordinating orders, negotiating prices and providing advance funds for bulk purchases.

19.   Industry officials said even companies who usually made bulk purchases had gone slow on their buying plans.