Example sentences of "was centred around " in BNC.
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| 1 | This impetus was centred around an urban renewal policy that — along with explicitly segregationist policies in federal public housing — cut off minority communities , displaced large sections of these communities and concentrated them between expressways , office complexes , stadiums and civic centers . |
| 2 | ‘ In the late ‘ sixties those who now lead this movement wanted to get away from a Christianity that was centred around buildings and meetings and give time to developing relationships . |
| 3 | The traditional village was centred around the church with its white walls and red or grey stonework . |
| 4 | Major area of the damage to the aircraft was centred around the propellers and undersides of the aircraft . |
| 5 | In the British Army , discipline was centred around self-discipline , and it was assumed that each man had enough self-discipline to carry out an order without being told twice . |
| 6 | In the period 1955–70 , a good deal of sociological work in ethnic relations was centred around a different , but related problem — that of the integration of black immigrants into British society . |
| 7 | Most of the Group 's production was centred around the Etruria Works and in Hanley . |
| 8 | An alternative proposal , support for which was centred around the strongly " pro-whaling " members — Norway , Iceland and Japan — that commercial whaling be allowed to resume immediately on all stocks which had recovered to 30 per cent of estimated pre-hunting levels , was rejected by 19 votes to seven . |
| 9 | This small area was centred around Oviedo on the northern coast . |
| 10 | Support for this was centred around the strongly " pro-whaling " nations of Norway , Iceland and Japan . |