Sentence examples for a major base for from inspiring English sources

The islands were a major base for Nicaragua's U.S.-sponsored contra rebels in the 1980s.

Lying on the eastern outskirts of Grozny, Khankala is a major base for the Russian assault on Grozny.

Occupied by the Germans in World War I, it became a major base for the Ypres front.

Its location is also critical: it abuts the Mezze military airport, a major base for Syrian forces.

As dawn broke over Tianjin, which is a major base for China's petrochemical and shipping industries, the extent of the destruction became clear.

Mr. Shahzad has said he traveled to North Waziristan, a major base for the Pakistani Taliban, to prepare for the attack.

In the late 19th century, as the capital of southern Albania, Berat served as the centre of the Albanian nationalist movement and a major base of support for the Albanian League.

During the American Civil War, Indianapolis, the state capital of Indiana, was a major base of support for the Union.

The island was a major base of operations for Confederate blockade runners, and the epidemic threatened their continued operations there.

"Islamists use the M.U.I. as a major base of operations, coordinating support for the Islamist agenda," said Holland Taylor, founder of LibForAll Foundation, an American and Indonesian nongovernmental group that promotes religious pluralism.

In the following months Hollandia was converted into a major base and command post for the Southwest Pacific area.