The phrase "acquiring a base" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is gaining a foundational understanding or establishing a starting point in a particular area or field.
Example: "The team is focused on acquiring a base of knowledge before launching the new project."
Alternatives: "establishing a foundation" or "building a base."
CAIRO — As other investors flee Egypt because of worries about the country's rocky transition to democracy, Chinese companies are pouring money into Egyptian projects in the hopes of accessing a huge domestic market and acquiring a base for exports to the Middle East.
In the Western health care literature, "cultural competence" [ 31] has been identified as valuing and understanding other cultures, and acquiring a base understanding of the norms, preferences and biases that can influence effective patient/provider interaction.
Mr. Smulian testified that he began working for Mr. Bout in the late 1990s, helping to acquire a base in South Africa for Mr. Bout's air-transport operation, and that he later assisted Mr. Bout in setting up companies in Swaziland and Zambia.
It wants to bring in a downtown-ish clientele while acquiring a stable base of Philharmonic subscribers.
A new Roman army under the dictator Quintus Fabius Maximus ("Cunctator") dogged Hannibal's steps on his forays through Apulia and Campania and prevented him from acquiring a permanent base of operations.
However, it can be costly and you might have trouble acquiring a client base without any experience or an established reputation.
Using a positively charged biprism allows for directly acquiring a hologram, based on which the phase is retrievable in a simple and direct Fourier-based reconstruction procedure which is described elsewhere [29].
From 1988 until 2005, Thaxton and his allies, acquiring an operational base at the DI in 1996, spoke in the lingo of "intelligent design theory" in an attempt to camouflage their creationist identity.
Acquiring a large volunteer base was clearly crucial for this event.
–Increased sense of achievement through the learning of new skills and acquiring a broader knowledge base, particularly for AHA.
Preadaptation refers to the phenomenon of a character acquiring a new function based on its previous or existing functionality.
