Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] centre for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he cared to make use of it , station and train fulfilled the role of a social centre for the suburban male , a forum for the exchange of news , the making of new acquaintances and contacts , the publication of requirements , even the collection of money for charities . |
| 2 | Vasiliki , with its curious L-shaped half temple on a ship-shaped hill on the Isthmus of Ierapetra , was 20 kilometres north-east of Fournou Korifi and may have served as something of an urban centre for the villagers . |
| 3 | Here , the university provides premises for a social centre For the graduates ; the Manpower Services Commission provides the running costs . |
| 4 | Apart from a comprehensive catalogue , it includes newly published documents on stained glass production in Luneburg and establishes this town as a major centre for the art . |
| 5 | Software manufacturers fear that squeaky-clean Singapore may now emerge as a new centre for the pirates . |
| 6 | The changing character of the village also diminishes its relevance as a social centre for the farm worker . |
| 7 | On this subject , there has been criticism of Nikolai Gubyenko for turning the remains of the old Soviet Ministry of Culture into a Russian centre for the creative intelligentsia . |
| 8 | The case at Water Newton is rather less certain , but it has been argued that either one of the two large buildings visible at the centre of the defended area served as an administrative centre for the Fens , or that this function was performed by the remarkable complex identified at Castor to the north-east of the town 's extramural suburbs . |
| 9 | The project draws upon a unique Centre for the Study of Public Policy data base of nation-wide representative surveys of public opinion and behaviour in Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Poland , Romania , Russia , Slovenia , plus Austria and East and West Germany . |