"a scarce supply" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means a limited or insufficient amount of something. Example: The drought has caused a scarce supply of water in the village, forcing residents to ration their usage.
Many traders face longer trips to work and a scarce supply of parking spaces.
Vietnam, for instance, is contending with circumstances similar to India's: surging interest from leisure and business travelers, a scarce supply of top-tier hotel rooms and new projects still years from completion.
Her own research closely analyses a scarce supply of donated brains from both autistic and non-autistic adults and children to look for differences in structure and function.
As with the fatty acids, greater proportions of the unoxidised or less oxidized species, abietic acid and DHA, were found in the liquid paint samples, consistent with a scarce supply of oxygen in the bulk samples in sealed historic cans.
In particular, they have shown perfect adaptation to desert life, which presents temperature extremes and a scarce supply of food and water.
"And within Chad, the eastern regions are among the most disadvantaged, with difficult agricultural conditions, a scarce supply of clean water, few schools and low access to health facilities".
Though some say that what is happening in Lodi is an isolated incident, others say it could set in motion a domino effect for other parks, especially older ones on prime real estate, as well as remove affordable housing from an already scarce supply.
So a product in scarce supply came to have a global market: one good picture could be sold, not just in Britain but around the world.
The first set of scenarios analyzes the effects of an excess and scarce supply of wood on both markets.
There's even the occasional splash of dry humour, a commodity in pretty scarce supply on Silence Yourself.
Within the hospital community, the ICU exists at the high-stakes intersection of emergency, surgery, internal medicine and palliative care, an intersection where the patient care resources are expensive, in scarce supply and a source of intense competition.
