Example sentences of "[prep] the centre " in BNC.

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1 Her hand spiralled against Lucy 's clitoris , goddamn the useless WORD for the centre of desire .
2 Carla was arranging a posy of wild flowers for the centre of the table .
3 Place a blob for each corner and one for the centre of each slab .
4 Thus not long after the start of NEP , in a province as sleepy as Kursk , we find already the seeds of socio-economic decay , from a Marxist point of view ( Yakovlev 's ) , leading to possible political difficulties for the centre .
5 The reasons for the centre 's heed fur taxes like the prodnalog and many others had not been made clear to the villagers by the party cell .
6 J. H. J. is thoroughly satisfied with the existing position which suitable for the centre concerned .
7 Set peacefully overlooking the lake on a headland , the Serbelloni is nevertheless convenient for the centre , steamer and hydrofoil departure points .
8 In addition , Abbey National provides office accommodation for the Centre .
9 Her startling assertion is made mainly on the basis of a three-year research project carried out by her for the Centre For Social and Moral Education .
10 He blinked against the strong sunlight , taking off his jacket , heading for the centre of the square .
11 The argument for this is not convincing , because relations with business remained informal and instrumental and local governments were , for a time , more rather than less troublesome for the centre .
12 According to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory , the proposals for the centre have surfaced at a good time .
13 To set the ball rolling , President Reagan set aside $35 million for the centre in his 1983–84 budget .
14 Papert says that the idea for the centre was absolutely correct .
15 A likely site for the centre is an old tobacco warehouse .
16 We were involved in choosing furniture and carpeting for the centre at a cost of thousands of pounds , although we did n't pay for it .
17 One of our church members became the paid administrator for the centre in which now , two years after we used it first and one year after it opened to the public , there are dance classes ; keep fit ; carpet bowls ; drama ; OAP 's club ; card club ; ballroom dancing ; judo etc .
18 If I tried , the package would probably look as though it contained a designer gazebo for the centre of the potager , and in those circumstances , finding just a plain spade among all the Christmas paper , would be bound to disappoint !
19 But it seems unlikely that many GLC councillors had foreseen such a public debate between different lesbian and gay ‘ communities of interest ’ , when they approved the funding for the centre .
20 Wrap it around me like a Cupid-woven shawl and then let's dance together in this maze we call living , searching for the centre which we all know is death .
21 UK Management Buyouts 1992 , the annual review for The Centre for Management Buyout Research at the University of Nottingham , notes that in the first half of 1992 , buyouts and buy-ins accounted for 29.6% of the value of all transfers of ownership in the UK and nearly 60% of the total number .
22 Thanks also to Caroline Kane for the centre page spread Prayer Lists and to Theresa Scott and Helen Chalmers for the BMS Birthday Lists .
23 Various proposals were debated for the Centre : a group of buildings to house different state and party functions , or just one big one .
24 Editor Bill Anderson remembers her as ‘ very much a trainee reporter ’ who spent most of her time writing human interest stories for the centre pages .
25 However , some types , the squat jars , bag beakers , pouch bottles and cone beakers ( Evison 1972 ) are rare on the Continent and may well have been made in England ; the Faversham area is a strong contender for the centre of this production .
26 Arrange for the centre cable to be over the four centre needles .
27 A third Scarlet , Neil Boobyer , is tipped for the centre while Nigel Walker , rated the fastest man in world rugby , could be a shock choice on the left wing after just a handful of Cardiff games .
28 In a triumph for the centre and right , the chief victors were the CEDA ( 117 seats ) and the Radicals ( 104 ) ; some forty seats went to the extreme right of Carlists and Alfonsists .
29 However the weekend was just more than a low key steam event at the Centre at Derby Road for the Centre was also providing one half of the motive power , the two passenger coaches , and operating staff at Preston Docks in connection with the Steam Fair staged as part of the 1992 Preston Guild Celebrations .
30 In addition , the shop will be able to take bookings for the centre 's many other activities , including Santa Specials , the Midlander Wine and Dine trains , the Firework Night celebrations , and the special excursion trains to London .
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