Example sentences of "a breeding ground for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , especially when blooms are double or have many petals , it is quite likely that spent blooms will collapse into a rain-soaked soggy mess that quickly becomes a haven a breeding ground for mildew . |
| 2 | THERE IS a pernicious Hollywood humour that could be called the ‘ cute ’ school , a breeding ground for movies filled with jokes that scream ‘ Gosh , well that is funny ’ , that fall over themselves to please . |
| 3 | THERE IS a pernicious Hollywood humour that could be called the ‘ cute ’ school , a breeding ground for movies filled with jokes that scream ‘ Gosh , well that is funny ’ , that fall over themselves to please . |
| 4 | Anpetuwi was small — a breeding ground for gossip , and she 'd probably end up regretting it if she turned and walked up that hill . |
| 5 | BOYS ' Brigade football has always been a breeding ground for talent and the proof will be on parade at Seaview on Tuesday night . |
| 6 | These two differing approaches related to how the peasants were assessed as a class : ( a ) as a petty-bourgeois formation and a breeding ground for capitalism ; or ( b ) pre-capitalist petty-commodity producers who can either grow into capitalist producers or move towards socialist forms of production via co-operation . |