Example sentences of "central to [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her attitude is central to breaking the deadlock . |
| 2 | We will begin by discussing the role of sugar puckering which we have recently suggested is central to characterising the fine structure of the DNA double helix ( 17 ) . |
| 3 | Isolation of those at the foot of the pyramid of authority , the Panopticon principle , was central to maintaining the image of the force on the street . |
| 4 | Hegemony has to be won and is central to maintaining the status quo in legal enactment . |
| 5 | Also , the Commission has taken the view that pure R&D agreements involving no restrictions on the behaviour of the parties may nevertheless be caught by Article 85(1) where the R&D is central to developing the market in question and the market is oligopolistic in structure . |
| 6 | To classify and measure the extent of immorality — to quite literally put it into discourse — was central to getting the problem under control . |
| 7 | To appreciate why certain questions are currently preoccupying psychobiologists , why they favour the particular answers that are in vogue , and why they seem to have neglected , until recently , many of the issues that non-psychologists would consider central to understanding the biological bases of behaviour , a short lesson on the history of psychobiology is relevant . |
| 8 | All of these descriptions of literacy practice , which I shall deal with in more detail below , suggest that attention to the ‘ interpersonal ’ , socially-conditioned aspects of literacy is central to understanding the nature of that practice . |
| 9 | As a result , women 's issues are often seen as irrelevant , or at best of low priority , and yet tacking women 's needs is central to improving the status of the most deprived — most of whom are women . |