Example sentences of "[noun sg] centre around the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Cambridge his research centred around the embryology , anatomy , and taxonomy of Polyzoa and Cephalodiscus , for which he was the first of the Cambridge zoologists to use the binocular microscope . |
| 2 | Any substantive disagreement centred around the issue of what role social deprivation and unemployment had in bringing young people to protest violently on the streets . |
| 3 | Occasionally , knowing that all but two fieldsmen must patrol the area within the 30-yard circle centred around the stumps at each end , they chip the ball over their heads into the ‘ no-mans 's land ’ beyond them . |
| 4 | The technical improvements of this period centred around the problem of increasing the fire-power of armies ; and towards this end a good deal of progress was made . |
| 5 | The debate centred around the issue of state control of education , of which Williams was in favour , and in particular the Aristotelian view on the issue . |
| 6 | In late 1992 , much political debate centred around the government 's determination to keep expenditure plans for 1993/ 94 within the specified ‘ planning total ’ of 244.5bn . |
| 7 | Much debate centred around the lack of coherent policies for the area and dissatisfaction with the perceived motivation behind those policies that do exist . |
| 8 | This book documents the participation of women in a struggle centred around the concerns of rural India . |
| 9 | AY 's defence centred around the claim that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar , as its auditor , and not to WG , even though it also audited the WG group accounts . |
| 10 | Inequalities in health status centring around the concept of social class are an enduring and pervasive feature of British society . |
| 11 | Weather was often poor , and recreation centred around the bars provided . |
| 12 | Much of the hearing centred around the carriage doorlock . |
| 13 | At Hastings and at Southport in 1934 , controversy centred around the issue of " Emergency Powers " , i.e. the granting to a future Labour government of " authority to take over or regulate the financial machine , and to put into force any measures that the situation may require for the immediate control or socialization of industry " . |
| 14 | Finally , with a lot of activity centring around the kitchen sink ( such as cleaning the turkey ) , the draining board , sink and plug can harbour many germs , so it is important to ensure these areas are kept hygienically clean . |
| 15 | This time instead of relying on her own memories stemming from her childhood centred around the home in Priesthouse Lane where she was born and still lives , Miss Rimmer armed herself with a tape recorder and interviewed the town 's oldest residents ranging in age from 70 to 99 . |
| 16 | Police activity centred around the offence and the apprehension of a perpetrator . |
| 17 | The discussion centred around the flexibility clause which is unlikely to be removed . |
| 18 | O.G.S. Crawford refused a paid advertisement for the book in the journal Antiquity , his objection centring around the view that prehistoric people did not walk in straight lines , as all the undoubted prehistoric roads were winding . |
| 19 | LASMO holds extensive interests in the northern part of the Southern Gas Basin centred around the Caister-Murdoch system . |