The phrase "a potential base for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that could serve as a foundation or starting point for further development or action.
Example: "The research findings provide a potential base for future studies in this area."
Alternatives: "a possible foundation for" or "a likely starting point for".
The choice of Iran as a potential base for the transmitter demonstrates that despite President Bush's characterization of Iran, there are cases where American and Iranian interests may intersect.
Eight aerodromes have been shortlisted as a potential base for the UK's first spaceplane flights, which ministers want to establish by 2018.
Saturn's moon Enceladus has often been regarded as a potential base for microbial life.
Bill Welsh, president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, said one suggestion broached at the meeting was "sitting down with some city judges and convincing them to take a harder line when they get marijuana cases before them". Welsh and other Hollywood leaders expressed concern about the DeLongpre area's continuing troubles, noting its importance as a potential base for homeowners.
The chronic aseptic inflammation due to the synthetic graft material, mediated primarily by macrophages, fibroblasts, and foreign-body giant cells, constitutes a potential base for F-FDG uptake even a long time after surgery, up to 16 years, depending on the used prosthetic material [ 28– 30].
"We looked at the lowest common denominator and realised there was a massively untapped potential base for working with poor infrastructure.
Similarly, although some commentators have pointed to both the UNFCCC and the Convention on International Civil Aviation as potential bases for a treaty-executive agreement, those treaties would arguably only reach measurement and reporting measures (UNFCCC) or controlling emissions from airplanes (CICA).
The project shall be located in an area that provides a potential ridership base for future commercial operation.
United States officials also envision the city, which has an airport, as a potential forward base for American military forces now across the border in Uzbekistan.
Quantitative information on values, and spatial distribution of values on different land use zones form a potential knowledge base for better informed policy decision making.
In theory, workers on private pensions are less likely to become dependent on the state; in addition, private pension funds create a potential investor base for the country's capital markets.
