And food is not the only thing in short supply.

Paper was best, but in short supply at the present moment.

The food they brought with them was in short supply.

Without it, he said, support for the schools will be in short supply.

The majority of players had left and money was in short supply.

By the early 1870s, Senate working space was again in short supply.

Time and energy are in short supply at the end of most work days.

The world was in pretty short supply as to food.

"I must ask you to move quickly as time is in short supply."

It is often in short supply outside of developed countries.

In some cases the problem is a shortage of supplies.

Also, the supply shortage in gold is much smaller than that for silver.

At this time, however, the Soviet units experienced supply shortages.

The others are an improving economy, strong housing demand and a supply shortage.

This would ease worries in the West about supply shortages.

Serious supply shortage during 2005 had impacted the operation of many Chinese companies.

"In the absence of special supply shortages, there is no way to push up prices," he said.

There were shortages of coal, ammunition, food, and medical supplies.

Due to the nearly constant violence, there are ongoing shortages of food, water, and other supplies.

But some Russian manufacturers have increased production to fill the supply shortage.

Prisoners died due to bad camp conditions and the poor supply of food, shelter, clothing, and health care.

But his army is weakened by bubonic plague and poor supplies.

She was at present much worked up over the poor "supplies" they were having in the vacant Avonlea pulpit.

Black bears will prey on livestock if their natural food is in poor supply.

Until recently, the Metro had been underfunded and operated in severe difficulties due to poor electrical supply.

Rumours flew, but news was in very poor supply.

"And since that exhausts my poor supply of formality, for darkness' sake, let's sit down."

Also, due to the poor supply of power, most homes have to rely on fuel and diesel in generators to keep their electricity running.

There are whole areas here, Donald, where basic facilities such as water, for example, are in very poor supply or simply don't exist at all.

The poor supply of properties coupled with high demand; between 1989-2005, almost no new apartments were built in Romania.