Example sentences of "be central to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Marquess of Lothian initiated the Country House Scheme , which has been central to the preservation of great houses and their contents . |
| 2 | In a statement on July 31 the IRA said that Gow had been killed because he had been central to the formulation of British government policy decisions on Northern Ireland , including those during the hunger strikes of 1980-81 and the " shoot-to-kill " operations of 1982 , and had remained a close confidant of the Prime Minister until his death . |
| 3 | Areas which had previously been central to the stealing networks were affected . |
| 4 | Changes in the price level , however , have been central to the macroeconomics of the 1960s , 1970s and 1980s . |
| 5 | Jobs have always been central to the debate surrounding enterprise zones . |
| 6 | These three themes — the legislative and organizational structure of education ( and especially secondary schooling ) , the ‘ problem ’ of the Public Schools and the underlying dilemmas of comprehensive education , the nature and purpose of teacher training — are central to the narrative of this book . |
| 7 | Openness and honesty are central to the work which all Social Work Department staff do with and for the public . |
| 8 | The finance and management of school education in England and Wales are central to the government 's programme of education reform . |
| 9 | Here we will focus on only those aspects of the family which are central to the issue of gender inequality , while chapter 6 is concerned with a wider range of issues . |
| 10 | These things mean something different to each one of us but they are central to the culture as a whole and central to our knowledge and fantasies about our own bodies . |
| 11 | With composers such as Barraqué , Boulez , and Berio the singer has to display extreme virtuosity more or less continuously : Sometimes decorations are most apt for painting the significance of special words which are central to the significance of the poem , or set its atmosphere . |
| 12 | Morgenthau 's Realist theory was , as we have said , based on six principles , outlined in an introductory chapter added only in the second edition of the book ; this fact may explain why the six principles do not deal explicitly with two of the three concepts that are central to the remainder of the book , namely ‘ national interest ’ and the ‘ balance of power ’ . |
| 13 | With regard to the politics of the workplace — or the politics of production — trades unions are central to the mobilization of collective solidarity among the workforce , whereas in the wider sphere of non-work life — the politics of consumption — political parties are the focal organizations . |
| 14 | Advocates of this kind of approach take everyday experiences ( like cooking ) and use them to clarify those words which we use to explain mathematics and to vivify the abstractions which are central to the subject . |
| 15 | Where an assessment involves interviewing the child about matters which are central to the case the court may stipulate that all interviews be recorded on video tape . |
| 16 | Respect for others and concern for those in need are central to the ethos of the School . |
| 17 | The troubles of kidnapped , intimidated Craw are central to the book but not in the usual romantic way , in spite of the Jacobite overtones of the plot and the brief appearance of the Republican leader , the Communist Mastrovin , ‘ the most subtle and dangerous mind in Europe today ’ . |
| 18 | The concept of socialisation , and the situational understanding of social action are central to the research . |
| 19 | If understanding the way children think , how they respond to experience and how adults can identify the messages which children give through their behaviour , are central to the teacher 's art , then initial teacher training should offer more than lip service to classroom experience . |
| 20 | However , the point to notice is how the data seemed ideal for the investigation as conceived : intimate life-histories are central to the project . |
| 21 | Tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are central to the process of growth regulation , differentiation and oncogenesis . |
| 22 | They are central to the understanding of Christianity . |
| 23 | Our general synod has been reminded of two thorough reports produced by the Church of Scotland on the subject of baptism in I think nineteen fifty five and nineteen sixty two with their clear emphasis are that the person of Christ and the work of Christ are central to the understanding of baptism . |
| 24 | They are central to the debate over the provision of legal services and the response to these issues will affect the formulation of policy . |
| 25 | Launching the scheme , Chief Executive Ralph Hodge commented : ‘ As I have said on many occasions , the Quality Improvement Process must be central to the way we manage C&P and meet the many challenges which lie ahead . |
| 26 | This harmony of hand and eye and the immersion of the child in crafts which are almost as old as humankind itself , should be central to the work of every school . |
| 27 | ‘ Openness must be central to the policing of a democratic and pluralist society , ’ he said : all too often , the police had retreated behind ‘ one of many walls of silence , ’ giving one of a series of stock excuses to the press and public for refusing to disclose information . |
| 28 | The structure of OS/400 and the hardware are being remodelled not only to look and behave more like Unix , but actually be more like Unix ; with commitment to support the four basic level Posix standards , 1003.1 to 1003.4 , IBM says Posix will be central to the re-design of OS/400 , built into the licensed internal code beneath the machine interface level . |
| 29 | The teach , to decide whether the software will be central to the course whether it will be a small part which will enhance and refine course or work . |
| 30 | Recent debates about Post-Fordism will be central to the analysis . |