He would retain his rank as captain and assume the role of adjutant, which would provide the grounding for possible promotion to major and command of a cavalry squadron.

New recruits start with an intensive 18-week management development programme that provides a grounding in operations, finance, marketing, leadership and human resources, before joining a restaurant management team.

Training encompasses a six-month course at a police school that provides a grounding in law, legal procedures, and police conduct.

They are likely also to be studying for a foundation degree, for example in chemical sciences, giving them a solid grounding.

This solid grounding in traditional musical styles informs his work as both a singer and a composer.

This direct contact with key people provided them with a solid grounding from which viable strategies could be crafted.

Informatics gives students a solid grounding in information systems, statistics, mathematics and computer programming.

Like all the best fantasy, it has a solid grounding in the real world.

If schools cannot give their pupils a thorough grounding in the history of their own country, they are surely failing them - and the nation.

Doctors with a thorough grounding in research are essential to the project.

At high-school level, pupils no longer get a thorough grounding in political or constitutional history and instead learn about relatively meaningless topics.

It was thus a thorough grounding in the most fundamental, most conservative principles of clothing design.

He was determined to ensure that he gained a thorough grounding in the complexities of film-making.