21.   In the last two years, China has imported enough oil to become a force in the Asian oil market, known for buying huge quantities when prices fall.

22.   In the other type of case, states are defending innovative programs to buy large quantities of prescription drugs for their residents at low prices.

23.   It also perfected a method of testing new merchandise by buying small quantities and watching sales in a few stores.

24.   It suggested that they could buy quantities of costly Neiman Marcus goods with the comforting certainty that everything was truly first class.

25.   It takes less than an hour to buy large quantities of opium in Bishkek or Osh.

26.   Italy, Spain and Germany buy large quantities of Libyan crude and would find it expensive to seek alternative suppliers.

27.   One of the puzzles has been how Aum bought such huge quantities of dangerous chemicals without arousing suspicion.

28.   She quickly amassed an important collection of works by Picasso, Magritte, Miro and Brancusi, buying great quantities of artworks as artists fled to America.

29.   Space is another factor for Beranbaum, who like others, buys larger quantities at less cost to save money.

30.   The Agriculture Department buys large quantities of beef and pork through its commodities program for two reasons.