Example sentences of "a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | His Hal would be a truant Prince , perhaps , a man disobedient to his father and contemptuous of the popular expectation , but no less a Prince for that , always watching , always using the lines to cut out a space for himself . |
| 32 | There has n't been a prince for some years . |
| 33 | Often local pubs serve as a base for the local community : as Neil Richardson pointed out in CAMRA 's Pub Preservation report of 1980 , ‘ The pub is first and foremost a social centre , the best ever invented … |
| 34 | Next wind some tape through the slots and around the core to provide a base for the pickup windings . |
| 35 | ‘ There is no evidence that Hong Kong is used as a base for activities against the Chinese government , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 36 | This general doctrine applied particularly to the Middle East because : ( 1 ) it lay on the route of any Soviet expansion into Africa ; ( 2 ) it could provide bases for a Soviet role in Africa ; ( 3 ) it formed a forward position for the defence of South Africa and India ; ( 4 ) it was a base for bombing the Soviet Union ; and ( 5 ) it was an area crucial for its oil resources . |
| 37 | The second way in which the discussion of Russia is significant for the relation of Marxism and anthropology is that Marx 's interest in traditional peasant communities became less theoretical and more practical , as he considered the possibility of the Russian peasant commune becoming a base for a future revolution . |
| 38 | They made me wonder if I could use pure woven wool as a base for my own technique with the machine . |
| 39 | Cream cheese may be moderate or full fat content and is used extensively as a base for dips , for cocktail fillings and for cooking . |
| 40 | Could you buy in quite a bit of fresh fish , say ten portions if you plan to have ten fish meals in a month , so that there is always good healthy protein food available as a base for a meal ? |
| 41 | If you own a microwave oven , jacket potatoes take very little time to cook yet form a base for a tasty meal ( add tuna , beans , sweetcorn , cottage cheese or whatever low-fat filling takes your fancy ) . |
| 42 | Occasionally pasta or rice is used as a base for a meal rather than potatoes . |
| 43 | ‘ The recommendation by arbitrators is not a reflection of the true economic situation and thus can not be a base for a solution to the conflict , ’ said Rudolf Seiters , Interior Minister . |
| 44 | Some of the part-time farmers with their own businesses used the farm as a base for that business . |
| 45 | Lemnos was not a very clever place to choose as a base for British operations . |
| 46 | In the ‘ FURNITURE ’ section he made a little hut out of cardboard and used it as a base for his search . |
| 47 | This is an ideal hotel as a base for sightseeing as the ferry/hydrofoil jetty is right next to the hotel . |
| 48 | The first and most accessible was that used by tourists , rich and shoestring ( ‘ poor ’ was a word with a precise , living meaning here ) as a base for their trip to Machu Picchu . |
| 49 | Sadly , the hotel has become a base for large groups of tourists . |
| 50 | Ranald , do you find a rock the size of these two , and we 'll use them as a base for the first skep . |
| 51 | Since the working class is the largest group and the group which concerned the educational reformers of 1944 , it is the natural choice of a base for the class variable . |
| 52 | Plymouth is a base for the Royal Navy , making , repairing and servicing warships and training their crews . |
| 53 | Catering is an obvious example of how this might work , with the school premises providing a base for wedding receptions and other functions during weekends and holidays , or the kitchens providing meals for other establishments during the working week . |
| 54 | It needs support from agents of investment , further exploitation of its special off-shore position as a base for international funds . |
| 55 | He says financial institutions have recognised that little companies provide a base for industry and the seed corn for new ideas . |
| 56 | Honduran military officials are worried that the road would allow their country to become a base for raiding parties into Nicaragua and further destabilise the troubled region . |
| 57 | They provide a base for meetings , social events , the celebration of festivals . |
| 58 | The neighbourhood ( for which physical limits may be assigned ) acted as a base for a group but , often , these groups could be more accurately defined by housing and class interests than purely by locality . |
| 59 | Polyfilla , alabastine or plasticine spread onto cardboard or wood provides a base for buttons , buckles , conkers , etc. to be pressed in . |
| 60 | Eric , who sold his house for the venture , is the resident caretaker , and plans to turn the house into a base for fellow trainspotters are under way . |