Example sentences of "was centred around the " in BNC.
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1 | The traditional village was centred around the church with its white walls and red or grey stonework . |
2 | Major area of the damage to the aircraft was centred around the propellers and undersides of the aircraft . |
3 | Most of the Group 's production was centred around the Etruria Works and in Hanley . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Support for this was centred around the strongly " pro-whaling " nations of Norway , Iceland and Japan . |