Example sentences of "[am/are] [prep] the centre of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I still do n't see why we 're at the centre of the Universe , ’ said Gedanken . |
| 2 | So they all think they 're at the centre of the Big Bang . ’ |
| 3 | The interior layout is smart and practical with accessible switches , though the electric front window controls are in the centre of the dash . |
| 4 | These important pages are in the centre of the magazine . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm near the centre of the earth . |
| 6 | I 'm at the centre of a giant trapezoid monument to life : poised between dumb gravity and my senseless urge to struggle on . |
| 7 | Loggerhead turtles are at the centre of a dispute between property developers and conservationists in Greece . |
| 8 | COUNCIL cleaners are at the centre of a row with a Cleveland school . |
| 9 | Mr Birt and Mr Hussey are at the centre of a deepening row over the way in which the corporation is run . |
| 10 | Although graves and a dead girl are at the centre of the poem , no melancholy feelings can completely overlay the initial impression of life and good health , conveyed by ‘ bright ’ , ‘ glittering ’ , ‘ blithe ’ , ‘ spring ’ , ‘ steaming ’ , ‘ merrily ’ , and the jerky jog-trot of the first verses . |
| 11 | It is true that most foreign investment is for the domestic markets of host countries , and that the ‘ export processing ’ industries that are at the centre of the NIDL thesis account for only a small part of TNC foreign investment in the Third World but , as I have argued for the cases of Mexico and China ( Sklair , 1989 , forthcoming ) , the symbolic significance of export oriented development strategies is extremely important in the contemporary global system . |
| 12 | Two fine 18th century dolls are at the centre of the notable doll collection , and there are also dolls ' houses from the 19th century and the 1920s and a model of a German kitchen . |