Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] centre on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might guess that a substantive discussion of this issue would centre on the question of linguistic performance : Danto ( 1960 ) suggested that we will do violence to the English language if machines achieve certain linguistic performances but we still refuse to deem them conscious . |
| 2 | Investigation will centre on the ability of firms not only to understand and react to the markets in which they operate but also to introduce and develop further new products and processes . |
| 3 | The lesser aristocracy in the south concentrated in ‘ noble ’ towns like Ronda or Baeza where their social life could centre on the local horse-breeding club , the Maestranza . |
| 4 | During 1943 and 1944 Government wrestled with the recommendations of the Uthwatt Report ; a Town and Country Planning Bill would centre on the level of compensation to be paid for land and property acquired by local authorities , and the procedures to be followed . |
| 5 | In her account of realist cinema , the beginning of a film would centre on the spectacle of the free , desirable , perhaps somehow dangerous female lead . |
| 6 | My short contribution will centre on the spur link set out as work No. 5 of schedule 1 , between the midland main line and the old Great Northern line , and on the importance of speedy electrification of that line . |
| 7 | Most interest will centre on the performance of the Nissan Sunnys driven by Stig Blomqvist and David Llewellin . |
| 8 | Local interest will centre on the Fullarton Wheelers pair of Andrew McKinlay and junior Ian Giffen . |