1.  For the employer, a part-time workforce means a cheap labour supply.

2.  And paper company executives worry that as the U.S. population grows and demand for water intensifies, their access to cheap supplies may be curtailed.

3.  Oil prices had just dived in the wake of the Gulf War and lots of customers were keen to lock in cheap supplies.

4.  Castro is on a tour to strengthen ties with new and old allies in the Middle East and Asia and seek cheap supplies of energy.

5.  Duty-free shopping is immensely popular among Britons who flock in their millions to ferry boats crossing the English Channel to buy cheap supplies of liquor, cigarettes and perfume.

6.  Powerhouse collapsesWith weakening currencies and their subsequent collapse as markets for developed economies, the East Asian powerhouse has added to the list of cheap supplies.

7.  Raja Roopiah said the technology, which would be patented, would provide a cheap supply of raw material from oil palm waste for the paper plant.