Example sentences of "[be] a vehicle for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Educators might argue , as did Alexander Graham Bell , that although sign language could be a vehicle for thought it was not the ‘ right ’ vehicle , nor did it produce the ‘ right thoughts ’ . |
| 2 | And , in a sentence that should be inscribed in pokerwork and hung above Hussey 's bed : ‘ The constant stress on the visual which infects television production largely undermines any pretension the medium has to be a vehicle for discussion of serious ideas . ’ |
| 3 | Well increasingly , of course , they are English words and that 's because , increasingly , we are getting closer and closer to erm expressing intention , and the thing about language , you see , is that it was designed by nature to be a vehicle for intention , and that 's what we all secretly know , but in fact we 've never been helped to think about it . |
| 4 | The timbers are badly shaped and put together ; such a structure can only be a vehicle for plants and the sooner they cover it the better . |
| 5 | Since the information on a word processor or computer screen is visible to several children at once , it can be a vehicle for group discussion and exploration of the language . |