Example sentences of "[adv] the centre " in BNC.
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| 1 | Demographically and economically the centre of Spain loses its dominating position . |
| 2 | The Gild Merchant was a close , self-selecting body with its own hall , effectively the centre of urban government . |
| 3 | Not a great big 60-odd ball that is gon na be straight on the centre of the Z. |
| 4 | Utah was suddenly the centre of the world 's attention . |
| 5 | But regarding 2 this teacher was not especially charismatic — in fact more self-effacing than naturally the centre of attention . |
| 6 | All the motorways were cleared and our sixteen car motorcade cruised down the centre of the freeway at 6Omph . |
| 7 | It was comparatively easy for the German troops to frustrate any rapid advance by Allied troops , particularly in the vast mountainous regions which stretch right down the centre of Italy . |
| 8 | Nail down the centre panel — ( rough face uppermost ) around the edges , with hardboard nails , 12mm ( ½in ) and 100mm ( 4 in ) apart . |
| 9 | She lived in the Palestinian camp at Rashidiyeh , a wretched four square miles of breeze-block huts and cabins relieved only by the occasional tree , a straggling plant hanging from a poorly made brick wall and an open sewer that snaked uneasily down the centre of the mud roads . |
| 10 | Fifth Avenue , sliced right down the centre of the island , felt liberatingly airy because of the gigantic proportions of every shape and space . |
| 11 | At one point , the original river bank , shored up by wire and stone , remained the only still point , actually down the centre of the fast-moving Trannon , so that it was a job to guess whether the buckling gabions had belonged originally to the left or to the right . |
| 12 | Normally a solemn and serious part of the Catholic liturgy of the Mass , on this occasion its solemnity and seriousness were somewhat dented by the sudden arrival of a very pretty little girl of about four or five , who ran down the centre aisle towards the priest , her pig-tails flying , calling , ‘ Zio Padee ! |
| 13 | At the Foxhall Hotel , a single track leaves the Promenade line and runs down the centre of the narrow Princess Street , turning into Blundell Street , Here until 1982 stood the original tram depot , as rebuilt in 1898 for the conversion of the system to overhead line . |
| 14 | Tickling in the pit of the throat or down the centre of the chest to the stomach , causes coughing and may be with a congested head and wrenching pains in the right of the chest . |
| 15 | The operator will keep this beam aimed at the target while the missile , which has sensitive detectors at its back end , will steer down the centre of the beam . |
| 16 | Once this is done , the postcard will open out and you can cut down the centre as in the second diagram enabling you to walk through it . |
| 17 | A shot aimed down the centre of the fairway will probably drift into the water hazard so the key here is to aim away , down the left-hand side . |
| 18 | Roll out thin strips of white icing and lay over parcel , dampening strips and pressing gold beading down the centre of each one . |
| 19 | Rightly , the decoration is simple and understated ; a single thin black line separating the spruce from the maple binding , a well-proportioned herringbone soundhole rosette , a marquetry stripe down the centre of the back and small pearl dot-markers running up the fingerboard . |
| 20 | Both guitars have solid spruce tops , although the D-32's is closer-grained and prettier , and both are bound in faintly-flamed maple for a combination of looks and durability , with a decorative maple stripe down the centre of the back . |
| 21 | Close inspection reveals that a strip of reverse grain timber has been laid down the centre in order to add strength — another old-fashioned idea and a good one , too . |
| 22 | Continuing their tradition of affordable limited-edition guitars , Martin 's special 1993-model D-16 is the D-16H , an all-mahogany dreadnought with herringbone trim around the soundhole and down the centre of the back . |
| 23 | Running down the centre of the Boulevard of the Victory of Socialism , there were rows of ornate street lights . |
| 24 | Whizzing down the centre of Lake Rotoroa , as beautiful from water level as from the dizzy heights , it took a mere half hour to the park ranger 's jetty . |
| 25 | But in essence , the flight instruments are located in random order on the left , the engine instruments are on the right and the radio is in a stack running down the centre . |
| 26 | They were so round and plump and enticing — with the neat seam that runs down the centre of each delightful fruit and that warm glow and slight pinkish blush — it was all too tempting . |
| 27 | Twice , when Meredith ordered ‘ Two steps stage left ’ and Geoffrey moved to the right , Meredith came bounding down the centre aisle shouting ‘ Left , left , ducky ’ and leapt onto the apron to seize him by the shoulders and shove him into place . |
| 28 | An indeterminate mass of concrete and steel plunged down the centre of the stairwell , exploding like a bomb on the ground floor below . |
| 29 | The CCU-CLC is split down the centre over the CGTC dispute . |
| 30 | The Robemaker moved forward , prodding Nuadu onwards and , as they moved down the centre of the Workshop , the blazing furnaces roaring on each side of them , Nuadu felt his skin already shrivelling from the heat . |