Example sentences of "[noun prp] be at the centre " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , 32 years later , Ken is at the centre of a love tangle with girlfriend Maggie , her son Mark , and arch-enemy Mike Baldwin . |
| 2 | Not less important , Kunaev was at the centre of an elaborate network of patronage and corruption which was clearly threatened by the imposition of an ethnic and political outsider . |
| 3 | ACTOR John Travolta was at the centre of a mid-air mystery last night . |
| 4 | NICK FALDO was at the centre of a heated row as he surrendered the lead in the $1.65 million Sun City Challenge in South Africa yesterday . |
| 5 | COVENTRY CITY managing director George Curtis was at the centre of a boardroom bust-up yesterday over his ‘ staggering ’ £163,000 annual income . |
| 6 | DIEGO Maradona was at the centre of an incident which provoked a mass brawl between Cadiz and Sevilla players in a Spanish league match yesterday . |
| 7 | Mr Birt and Mr Hussey are at the centre of a deepening row over the way in which the corporation is run . |
| 8 | LABOUR MP Glenda Jackson was at the centre of a political row last night after it was discovered that forged proxy votes were used in her constituency during the General Election . |
| 9 | A TEENAGE mother from Cleveland is at the centre of a court wrangle over her child . |
| 10 | Mr McDaid was at the centre of another controversy in November 1991 when he was appointed Minister of Defence by the then Taoiseach , Charles Haughey . |
| 11 | A REFUGEE family who fled to Britain from war-torn Yugoslavia was at the centre of a housing storm yesterday . |
| 12 | With Egypt , Iraq is at the centre of a new Arab alliance , the Arab Co-operation Council , in which Jordan and North Yemen are junior partners . |
| 13 | Rosie Johnston was at the centre of the scandal which resulted in Olivia 's death six years ago . |
| 14 | VINNIE JONES was at the centre of another row just four days after his record £20,000 fine by the FA . |
| 15 | The NUWM was at the centre of most of the violent clashes with the police in the early 1930s , though this tactic was later changed to the more peaceful and probably more effective " hunger march " which took the unemployed through the countryside and down to London rather than leaving them isolated in the Distressed Areas . |
| 16 | The docks of Cardiff were at the centre of the coal-based prosperity of south Wales . |
| 17 | PREMIER John Major is at the centre of a Cabinet battle over interest rate cuts , it was revealed last night . |
| 18 | Bassano is at the centre of a large and prosperous area in the Veneto with one of the highest per capita incomes in Italy and therefore in Europe . |
| 19 | Its complex at Grangemouth is at the centre of a £1 billion investment programme to handle North Sea oil and petrochemical feedstock while work on the Bruce gasfield , in which BP has a 37 per cent stake , is nearing completion for production this year . |
| 20 | Processing plant : BP 's complex at Grangemouth is at the centre of a £1 billion investment programme to handle North Sea oil |
| 21 | PRINCESS Diana was at the centre of a mystery last night after a US paper claimed she had been recorded chatting to a man declaring his love for her . |
| 22 | Sam Torrance was at the centre of a health scare just before the start of the Ryder Cup match at The Belfry . |
| 23 | However , Mr van Vliet is at the centre of a disagreement within CITES over how to best protect snowdrops — the genus galathus — another plant worth millions in the trade , which is being endangered by sales of wild stocks . |
| 24 | Llandrinio is at the centre of one of the UK 's biggest sheep producing areas . |
| 25 | Max has been found tightly associated with a new partner Mad/Mxil , which points to Max being at the centre of a network of factors whose relative concentrations dictate preferential heterodimerization and thereby control transcriptional activity . |
| 26 | TYCOON Robert Maxwell is at the centre of a ruthless new struggle — with ITV and the BBC racing to screen his life story first . |
| 27 | ENGLAND captain Stuart Pearce was at the centre of an amazing touchline bust-up yesterday with Spurs substitute Gudni Bergsson . |