The phrase "a source of foreign" is not complete and lacks clarity in written English.
It could be used in contexts discussing origins or origins of foreign entities, but it needs additional context to be fully understandable.
Example: "The university serves as a source of foreign knowledge and expertise in various fields."
Alternatives: "an origin of foreign" or "a provider of foreign".
But it is a source of foreign mirth.
Export cash crops are a source of foreign exchange for the country.
Brazil desperately needs to step up its exports as a source of foreign exchange, because flows of foreign investment into the country have been erratic.
The $24.8bn Mexican emigrants sent home last year overtook oil revenues for the first time as a source of foreign income.
Standiford reminds readers that at the time, ordinary Russians weren't allowed to fraternize with Americans, who were nonetheless sought out as a source of foreign goods or social cachet.
Hence, we have focused our attention to the work done on stable gene expression and transformation of wheat by employing microprojectile bombardment and Agrobacterium as a source of foreign DNA delivery into immature embryos.
According to him, for the developing countries, migration remains a strong source for earning, not only for the migrants but also a source of generating foreign exchange reserves.
We proposed advanced targets and were a source of inspiration," Foreign Minister Celso Amorim recently was quoted as saying in the Guardian.
Recently, it has begun charging for these services, making health care an export equivalent and a source of scarce foreign exchange.
Fears of military conflict over Iran's nuclear programme and disquiet over Mr Ahmadinejad's infamous remarks on the Holocaust had already caused a sharp decline in the number of affluent western visitors, a vital source of foreign currency in a struggling economy.
During the 1970s, oil was a major export and a significant source of foreign exchange.
