Sentence examples for a source of supplies from inspiring English sources

Invading Russia in 1708, he decided to first secure Ukraine as a source of supplies and manpower (promised by the Cossack hetman Ivan Stepanovich Mazepa, who had defected from Peter's side) and await reinforcements from the north.

Apart from their undoubted mutual affection, Cleopatra needed Antony in order to revive the old boundaries of the Ptolemaic kingdom (though her efforts to convince him to give her Herod's Judaea failed), and Antony needed Egypt as a source of supplies and funds for his planned attack on Parthia.

The fleet sailed down the coast in close support, a source of supplies and a refuge for the wounded.

The eyes of the colonists therefore turned to the new United States, both as a source of supplies and an (illegal) outlet for their furs.

At a time when a sense of Canadian nationality was tenuous in the northwest, that region relied on the Red River Trails and its successor steamboat and rail lines as an outlet for its products and a source of supplies.

Ragusa was forced to pay a tribute, eventually becoming a source of supplies for Venice, thus saving itself from being sacked like Zadar in the Siege of Zara, used as Venice's naval base in the southern Adriatic Sea.

This shadowy industry — resourceful and effective, but also dangerous — serves as more than a source of supply.

Nonetheless, materials and construction techniques remained so cumbersome that gas could not be used more than 160 km (100 miles) from a source of supply.

"What we're trying to do is help them find a source of supply so this will never be a question again," Mr. Laverty said, referring to the W.H.O. and Doctors Without Borders.

The judiciary system, for example, became a source of supply in some places, as people were accused of crimes such as witchcraft, convicted on flimsy evidence, and sentenced to enslavement.

Cosey sheepishly confessed to the source of his paper with the T. Edmonds watermark but attributed the actual excision of the pages to his crony Gallagher, whereabouts then unknown, and promised that he would not again use the library as a source of supply.