Example sentences of "be at the centre " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But I still do n't see why we 're at the centre of the Universe , ’ said Gedanken .
2 So they all think they 're at the centre of the Big Bang . ’
3 For another thing , the region is one of the edge of things if I may so put it and that 's why I 'm down here I mean as , as I know when we 're up there we 're at the centre of things , but lots of people do n't
4 I 'm at the centre of a giant trapezoid monument to life : poised between dumb gravity and my senseless urge to struggle on .
5 I 'm at the centre of this universe as well . ’
6 Hitler was never again to be at the centre of public attention as he was for a while following the plot of 20 July 1944 .
7 Britain will be at the centre of these negotiations .
8 The Charter will be at the centre of government 's decision-making throughout the 1990s .
9 To begin with there must be detailed analyses of small and intermediate-size LOCA 's as well as the large double ended breaks that used to be at the centre of safety analyses and formed the so-called ‘ design basis ’ accident .
10 It emerged that the Reverend Mackenzie , in his sixties and far from well , was alleged to be at the centre of such rituals .
11 To understand how these families , regarded by their Orcadian neighbours as good , clean-living people , came to be at the centre of such serious allegations , it is necessary to go back a few years .
12 Pray that God 's vision and detail will be at the centre of organising Go ‘ 92 children 's ministries .
13 It was an interesting time to be at the centre , for news was beginning to get through from Burma and plans for reconstruction after liberation were being drawn up .
14 HAPPY Prince Andrew has a ball on the golf course … unaware that he is about to be at the centre of a new royal taping scandal .
15 BEVERLEY Allitt attended a local school in Lincolnshire and was noticed only for her constant attempts to be at the centre of attention .
16 This should be at the centre of the designer 's attention throughout the development of the unit — indeed , starting with preliminary ideas of what options the program should present to the user and then refining and extending them , the program will develop in tune with the feedback received from the classroom .
17 sterling ceased to be at the centre of the world 's financial system .
18 Well you know what the angle 's going to be at the centre already do n't you without
19 ‘ Someone 's got to be at the centre .
20 In addition to being a gathering of worshippers , such congregations may be at the centre of the life of a community in ‘ alien ’ surroundings .
21 Development of this exciting innovation is continuing , firmly rooted in the concept that the primary care team must be at the centre of health and social care planning and provision .
22 There was the sensation of immense speed now ; he thought the skies were rushing past him , and there was a whirling , dizzying feeling , as if he might be at the centre of a maelstrom .
23 Local government is full of excitement and variety ; it is an opportunity to be at the centre of things in the community and an excellent stepping stone to work in private practice as well as commerce and industry .
24 The longer scheme is widely thought to be better and I should like it to be more at the centre of the proposals , as I want the environment as a whole to be at the centre .
25 The inter-relationships between the flows will be at the centre of the proposed research .
26 Now the all important thing about a piano is , apart from the fact that it t can be at the centre of an orgy , the important thing is that are you able to collect it ?
27 He was a god , poised to be at the centre of another Big Bang , creating a new universe with which he would be integrated in the most positive way .
28 Both sides of the arguement at the latest Scottish school to be at the centre of opting out plans are standing firm following a heated public meeting .
29 In later years he would be at the centre oftwo scandalous court cases …
30 Traders say they were promised that Merchants Quay would be at the centre of a thriving complex of shops , restaurants and homes , but now they 're surrounded by offices , and cut off from customers .
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