Example sentences of "[noun sg] was centre on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet in the 1930s Nizan 's intellectual itinerary was centred on the attempt to reconcile a genuine belief in the moral integrity of Marxism with the practical application of communist party politics , the attempt , in other words , to reconcile intellectual images with political reality . |
| 2 | His walk was very brisk and he always carried a preoccupied expression as if his mind was centred on the way the next work of art might be tackled . |
| 3 | The work was centred on the PISAN CANTOS , which were written when Pound was imprisoned after his arrest on treason charges ( for broadcasting in favour of the Fascist cause on Italian radio ) . |
| 4 | The political crisis was centred on the figure of Ezer Weizmann , the Minister of Science and Technology . |
| 5 | " I " was something very real , the only real thing about my present state , and all the conscious activity connected with my body was centred on the " I " . |
| 6 | The roundup was centred on the predominantly Shia Moslem Bnaid al-Gar district and communist and fundamentalist Shia opposition figures were particularly targeted . |
| 7 | Their life was centred on the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England . |
| 8 | ‘ We have reason to believe , ’ said the sergeant , taking no notice of the question , ‘ that this boat has recently been involved in illegal traffic , and that the said operation was centred on the island of Faarsay . ’ |
| 9 | One consequence of this is that although the observations suggest that the cloud was centred on the Equator , the model simulates a cloud at about 10°N , because it does not allow for rapid transport of the cloud into the tropics and Southern Hemisphere . |
| 10 | Interest was centred on the music rather than the performer . |