Sentence examples for for a lighthouse from inspiring English sources

"A signal buoy was mistaken for a lighthouse," he said.

They looked like they were designed for a lighthouse keeper on some wild Cornish coast.

Spotting a newspaper article about the seaport association's search for a lighthouse keeper, "I said, 'Well, this is what I have to do,' " he recalled.

Ecuadorean officials have said the accident was a result of human error, with the captain of the tanker, the Jessica, confusing a buoy for a lighthouse.

In the chaotic end, as Patrick Ewing and Sprewell wilted with turnovers that allowed the Heat to pull within 5 points, at 84-79, Ward's teammates kept looking to him, as if searching for a lighthouse in the fog.

To him fell Skerryvore, unprotected from pulverising Atlantic gales and declared by Walter Scott to be 'a most desolate place for a lighthouse - the Bell Rock and Eddystone a joke to it'.

Calls for construction of a lighthouse at Norah Head (then "Bungaree Noragh Point") were made as early as 1861 due to many wrecks occurring in the area.

During his administration, the United States Congress approved $35,000 to pay off debts related to construction costs for the naval station, and planning began for the construction of a lighthouse on Aunu'u.

The structure was used as an example of a lighthouse for Mystic Seaport visitors, but was not part of an exhibit until a 2008 renovation.

Lundy Island is managed by the Landmark Trust, which has restored over 20 of the island's buildings making them available all year round as holiday lets, including a stone cottage for one, a lighthouse, a 13th-century castle, and a "late Regency" house for 12 (all have open fires or stoves).

For building a lighthouse could be considered one of man's most noble endeavours.