Sentence examples for as a stopover for from inspiring English sources

The marshlands of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge serve as a stopover for large numbers of migratory birds.

However, Diego Garcia was used as a stopover for CIA flights taking detainees to secret prisons around the world.

Marysville, a small town some sixty miles northeast of Melbourne, sprang up in the eighteen-sixties as a stopover for miners on their way to the gold-rush towns farther north.

In July, Carnival Corporation, the cruise-ship company, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Haitian government, which would allow a port to be opened on the island's Pointe-Ouest beach, to serve as a stopover for its Caribbean ships.

Abu Dhabi has already been announced as a stopover for not just the next Volvo round the world race in 2011 but the one after that, scheduled for 2014.

Then Dubai, a pearl-fishing port, served as a stopover for the flying boats of Imperial Airways (a forerunner of BA) on routes connecting London to distant colonial outposts.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Sanctuary, a stopover for migrating waterfowl populations, lies just east of the city.

The birds come from a taxidermy collection on Block Island, which happens to be a stopover for various migratory birds.

Once a stopover for sailing aristocrats like Astors and Vanderbilts, Sea Gate has seen its ethnic makeup shift over the years.

ONCE just a stopover for tourists en route to either the Great Barrier Reef or the beaches on the Sunshine and Gold Coasts, the eastern Australian city of Brisbane has emerged as an alluring destination in its own right.

Geographically, the national highway that connects the state capital of Chennai to Madurai bisects Perambalur and makes this district a stopover for truckers seeking casual sex [ 15].