Example sentences of "[noun sg] at the centre [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a very depressing conclusion that elected people , Cabinet , Prime Minister , can not prevail against an ancient British institution at the centre of events in Whitehall … |
| 2 | ‘ It put the child at the centre of things . ’ |
| 3 | During the Madness , when the old world had heaved itself apart , this place had been a point of stillness at the centre of things . |
| 4 | Some news in brief now — an English High Court judge is this afternoon visiting a farm at the centre of attempts to sue chemicals firm Re-Chem . |
| 5 | The book at the centre of allegations about the private life of the Prince and Princess of Wales has gone on sale … but NOT in the town where they live . |
| 6 | Both these interpretations of normalisation seem to be in danger of losing sight of the individual at the centre of things . |
| 7 | The headmaster of a school at the centre of allegations into sex abuse is to take early retirement on medical grounds . |
| 8 | Its position at the centre of cities and in most suburban , country-town , and rural communities meant that it was accessible to all classes . |
| 9 | Blues singer Greg Allman is put to good use as the big bad dealer at the centre of events , a weighty presence always just out of reach . |
| 10 | The second point about the leisure economy is that it places people 's use of their ‘ free ’ time at the centre of capitalists ' ( and governments ' ) concern . |