The phrase "reserve supplies" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a stock or amount of something that is set aside or saved for future use. Example: In preparation for the hurricane, the government has decided to reserve supplies of food, water, and medical equipment to distribute to affected areas.
The US airline industry recently called on the Bush administration to tap the nation's reserve supplies of home heating oil in order to bring down the price of fuel.
The British government has instructed supermarkets to stockpile as many goods as possible, and has spent at least £23 million ($30 million) on reserve supplies at military bases, Sky News reported.
He has a brilliant eye for the quietly poignant domestic detail, as when he has Theo notice, from the labels on his grandmother's homemade jam, that she has not prepared any that year: "We were already living on her reserve supplies," he says, "just as she was".
The candidates' aides used up their reserve supply of energy on the final days of frenetic electioneering.
The tunnels were to provide a huge bomb-proof reserve supply of furnace oil for the warships of the home fleet at Invergordon, a key Royal Navy anchorage.
Mr. Clinton's decision swayed her slightly towards the Democrats, she said, but she wondered why he waited so long to free up the reserve supply.
Moreover, whereas the world's reserve supply once sat in relatively inaccessible pools, much of it now sits in easily accessible salt caverns and storage tanks.
The reserve supply helped limit the number of residents forced to migrate to feed their families, but it was an imperfect stopgap.
Livestock (including cattle and goats) is raised and dairy goods are produced primarily for domestic use, and the government maintains a reserve supply of such commodities as skim milk powder, cheese, and butter.
In 1935, the Greater London Regional Planning Committee proposed 'to provide a reserve supply of public open spaces and of recreational areas and to establish a green belt or girdle of open space'.
Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, has asked the Bush administration to take steps, including tapping into America's reserve supply of oil, to ensure that crude oil prices do not rise even more in the event of a war against Iraq.
