Example sentences of "was at the heart " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leavis was a major critic and a very influential educator , who was convinced both that criticism was essentially evaluative and that it was at the heart of English studies . |
| 2 | Turning to Europe , Mr Ridley said that the Government was pressing other EC countries to reduce their industrial subsidies , for this was at the heart of a genuine single market after 1992 . |
| 3 | But it omitted any reference to the dangers of ‘ Leftism ’ , despite the fact that Deng had stressed this , and that it was at the heart of a party politburo statement . |
| 4 | A defeatist , appeasement-like attitude often was at the heart of federalist thinking found in some parts of the City of London but is repudiated by those such as Professor Tim Congdon in the Sunday Telegraph on 20 October 1991 — ‘ City 's Silly Euro-scare ’ . |
| 5 | Hamilton was at the heart of our defence that day and every one of them were heroes , but it was Hamilton who subdued Jimmy Trotter ( later the manager of Charlton ) who was Wednesday 's most dangerous forward . |
| 6 | On 1 October the Italians proposed to the convention 's scientific committee that the reactor ‘ pot ’ , which was at the heart of the explosion , should be dumped , 700 km off the Spanish coast in the area used annually by Britain for dumping nuclear waste . |
| 7 | This idea was at the heart of the movement , and in accordance with this scheme the right-angled Swastika was employed ; the symbol of Siva and metamorphosis ; the purpose — evolution . |
| 8 | Morris was at the heart of an amazing North defensive effort to hold on to a 24-17 half-time lead in the face of a strong second-half wind . |
| 9 | The revival of industry was at the heart of Mr Lamont 's Autumn Statement . |
| 10 | The quality of those troops was at the heart of the Duke 's real worries . |
| 11 | The question of how to deal with errors was at the heart of the debates in the central commission in the twelve months that preceded the Council . |
| 12 | In 1220 , Castelnuovo Berardenga , was at the heart of one of the bloodiest of battles between Siena and Florence — one said to have coloured the ‘ River Arbia in red ’ . |
| 13 | Popular power was at the heart of their vision of a new political and social order . |
| 14 | The idea that a re-distribution of wealth could stimulate the economy was at the heart of Huey Long 's " share our Wealth " scheme , launched in 1934 . |
| 15 | As their investigation progressed , so did their conviction that it was the President himself who was at the heart of the deception . |
| 16 | The Miners ' Welfare was at the heart of this communal bonding . |
| 17 | As indicated here , the perceived ways forward were varied , but it was agreed at the discussion meeting that ‘ improved communication ’ was at the heart of the matter . |
| 18 | This issue was at the heart of the Report of the Layfield Committee on Local Government Finance ( Cmnd 6453 ) published in 1976 . |
| 19 | I was at the heart of the site . |
| 20 | On the contrary , it was the fusion of executive and legislative power that was at the heart of the eighteenth-century British constitution ! ) |
| 21 | That was at the heart of the process at the outset , and it remains so . |
| 22 | Working for the Lord President 's Committee , chaired by Sir John Anderson ( which was described to Roosevelt as ‘ an Economic War Cabinet ’ ) , the Section was at the heart of economic policy-making . |
| 23 | He felt he was at the heart not just of Royalbion House , not even of London , but of the entire cosmos . |
| 24 | The idea that a contritional experience is an ongoing activity in which every man fights and conquers those elements of his fallen nature as Christ fought evil on the Cross and that this is part of the continuing process of redemption — indeed its very condition — was at the heart of their preaching and teaching which developed the monastic piety of an earlier period for a lay audience . |
| 25 | A false impression of this sort was at the heart of the London Fox property futures scandal . |
| 26 | The Vulcan , which only saw active service during one raid in the Falklands campaign … was at the heart of Britain 's Air Defence for thirty years . |
| 27 | He told trades unionists that unemployment was at the heart of the problem . |
| 28 | He alleged Wood fell into the second category and was at the heart of the conspiracy . |
| 29 | But they say : ‘ It seems the in-patient service , which was at the heart of the Leukaemia Unit Fund appeal , will not be provided in the new unit for quite some time . ’ |
| 30 | It seems that the in-patient service , which was at the heart of the Leukaemia Unit Fund Appeal , will not be proved in the new unit for quite some time . |