Example sentences of "a central place [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | F. The Vikings had a central place at York . |
| 2 | Some , like traditional psychologists , even claim a central place for biological motherhood in women 's subjectivity : a special ‘ phylogenetic inheritance that makes maternity the most fulfilling role for women , at least when children are young ’ ( Sherman 1971 : 211 ) . |
| 3 | However , he does see the life of one who really understands his situation as giving a central place to what he calls ‘ the intellectual love of God ’ . |
| 4 | It recommended that the curriculum should emphasise free creation and co-operative inventiveness rather than passive assimilation , and that the study of history , geography and literature should give a central place to Wales . |
| 5 | The blood of the Covenant continues to have a central place within the Christian communion . |
| 6 | This troublesome invisibility in the material record is often inversely related to its semantic value , and activity which may well have a central place in the police model of reality can well remain beyond the grasp of the outsider . |
| 7 | Helmut Schoeck , the professor of sociology at Mainz , explains the reasons why in a comprehensive analysis which restores the phenomenon of envy to a central place in social motivation . |
| 8 | When Frankenberg went to carry out anthropological research in a village on the Welsh borders in the early 1950s he found that the village football team provided ‘ a symbol of village unity and cohesion against the outside world ’ and had ‘ a central place in village social activity ’ . |
| 9 | Photography has a central place in the Earth Mysteries field by virtue of Watkins ' status as a Gold Medal list of the Royal Photographic Society . |
| 10 | As we noted in the previous chapter , the nation of Israel occupied a central place in the realisation of this hope , serving as the gathering-point of the nations ( Isa. 24:23 ; Zech. 14:9 ; Obad. 21 ) . |
| 11 | The New Testament provides strong evidence that the Church occupies a central place in God 's redemptive purpose for the world . |
| 12 | This is very true of contemporary civilian politics in Nigeria , where the mass media occupy a central place in the new democracy . |
| 13 | The writer in us has to know that we are making it a priority , that we are prepared to let other obligations go in order to play with it , nourish it , accord it a central place in our lives . |
| 14 | Anselm 's struggle for this ideal had a central place in his pastoral conception of his archiepiscopal duties , and it requires a somewhat lengthy treatment if its place in his world-view is to be understood . |
| 15 | From the beginning , trade liberalisation — cutting import tariffs and abolishing import licences — has had a central place in most Latin reform programmes . |
| 16 | These distinctions , highlighted in Fig. 1 , may be called the dualisms of normativism and occupy a central place in normativist thought . |
| 17 | In his essay , ‘ In Defense of Anarchism ’ ( 1970 ) , R. P. Wolff does give responsibility a central place in his brief analysis of autonomy . |
| 18 | It therefore has a central place in the development of psychoanalytic theory . |
| 19 | The notion that humanity was dethroned from a central place in creation requires careful qualification . |
| 20 | Schooling also had a central place in such initiatives . |
| 21 | As a result , negation falls to take a central place in the ‘ thinking society ’ , and anchoring , as a cognitive process , is not contrasted by an equally important counter-process . |
| 22 | It is because values can be most effectively defined and expressed in words that the study of literature claims a central place in humane studies . |
| 23 | Science now occupied a central place in the ensuing debate over national efficiency . |
| 24 | This theme holds a central place in the discussions and analyses of all work undertaken both in College and in schools . |
| 25 | But the idea of citizenship also had a wider impact , particularly in Eastern Europe , where the assertion of civil and political rights against the political dictatorships had a central place in the doctrines of the opposition movements . |
| 26 | The trends I have identified here clearly occupied a central place in the political thought of Max Weber , of Marxist thinkers such as Bauer and Hilferding , of Schumpeter , and of their numerous followers and successors . |
| 27 | We feel it to be important to dedicate an appeal like this , as the house is more than just bricks and mortar ; it takes a central place in the history of Simon . |
| 28 | Some countships were more equal than others : a " greater " count was presumably so called in part because his civitas was richer and more important , for instance , as a central place in one of the regna ( like Angers in Neustria , or Autun in Burgundy ) . |
| 29 | It has a central place in biology and interconnects with many disciplines , such as biochemistry , molecular biology , microbiology , botany and zoology . |