1.   And despite efforts to accumulate large stockpiles of essential goods before the harshest phase of the sanctions went into effect in June, shortages have begun appearing.

2.   And the very existence of such a large stockpile would have the added advantage of making a smallpox attack less likely.

3.   But because drug dealers often maintain large stockpiles, it can take months for a drop in supply from abroad to be reflected in higher street prices.

4.   But in separate interviews, they cautioned that the Taliban had large stockpiles of opium and heroin from record harvests in the years before the ban on cultivation.

5.   But this system required Canada to create a large stockpile of heavy water to supply the reactors it sells.

6.   Ewald contends a threat continues to exist, because large stockpiles of smallpox virus remain in Russia.

7.   In both cases, they knew or suspected there were large stockpiles of weapons on the property.

8.   Iraq is refusing to allow weapons inspectors from the United Nations to inspect some facilities suspected of hiding large stockpiles of chemical weapons.

9.   Japan spends lavishly on nuclear energy, promoting nuclear fuel enrichment programs that have produced large stockpiles of weapons-grade uranium.

10.   Large stockpiles of natural uranium also remain in Iraq.