Sentence examples for supply bases from inspiring English sources

Japan faced increasing pressure in the Pacific and threats to its supply bases and communications lines in China as well as to nearby shipping.

At a time when relief supplies inside Afghanistan were already desperately low, it was not clear how, if at all, the relief agencies could continue to coordinate their operations with their supply bases in Pakistan without satellite phones.

Their average marketing spend is a mere 2% of sales (compared with manufacturers' 10-40%); they have well-developed supply bases; and their real-time sales data and loyalty programmes let them fine-tune product offers.

A daring guerrilla cavalry commander from Kentucky, he had become a Southern hero for his bold raids into his home state to smash railroad lines, destroy federal supply bases and rally pro-rebel sentiment.

But Western generals pin ever more of the blame for the Taliban's resilience on the tribal areas of Pakistan and the refuges, supply bases and recruiting grounds they provide.

His unit specializes in turning ruined landing strips and patches of empty desert into forward supply bases for American aircraft, but usually in war-torn countries, like Iraq, Somalia and Afghanistan.

The town was also an important Union supply base.

"That's where the supply base was," he said.

"Our supply base is healthy," Mr. Carson said during the conference call.

So how can companies looking to become more sustainable tap the creativity of their supply base?

You can see why the British used Balaklava's sheltered, winding harbour as a supply base.