Example sentences of "have [been] at the heart " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conviviality has been at the heart of sport . |
| 2 | The question of what is significant has been at the heart of much recent discussion , but is not addressed in the ASB 's proposals . |
| 3 | This is a distinction which has been at the heart of a good deal of post-war curricular reform in the schools both in the USA and the UK ( see , for example , Bruner 1960 ) , and which will be explored further in due course . |
| 4 | Above all , instrumental and purposive rationality has been at the heart of the whole project of Western science and technology which has , over the last two centuries , transformed the natural and social orders . |
| 5 | The idea of the ‘ self ’ — what gives an individual a sense of personal identity , and how others recognize this self — has been at the heart of a philosophical debate since David Hume claimed to repudiate the existence of the ‘ self ’ as a separate entity in the eighteenth century ( Hume , 1739 ) . |
| 6 | Self-evaluation from which review and audit can begin has been at the heart of a long-standing national project , Guidelines for the Review and Internal Development of Schools ( GRIDS ) . |
| 7 | Only then did it strike me that there was indeed a role that a further staff member could crucially play here ; that it was , in fact , this very shortage that had been at the heart of all my recent troubles . |
| 8 | But at all events , the insurmountable obstacle to such planning was the total unwillingness of unions to accept manpower planning which had been at the heart of wartime economic direction . |
| 9 | For ten years Law had been at the heart of the party 's reactions to political events , largely because his own views mirrored those of his followers almost exactly . |
| 10 | In Essex , a shire which had been at the heart of the 1381 troubles , the peasantry were able to improve their lot after the repression of the revolt . |
| 11 | It seems to open up all the disturbing conflicts and inconsistencies which have been at the heart of their problems . |
| 12 | We have been at the heart of the action . |
| 13 | Figures for the balance of payments which have been at the heart of much policy discussion since the war , are an outstanding example of most of these difficulties [ Dow , 1964 ; Cairncross , 1985 ] . |
| 14 | This balance is particularly important for several of the industries that have been at the heart of the Japanese economic miracle like motor vehicles , electrical consumer goods , watches or cameras . |
| 15 | Italy 's cities have been at the heart of world history , art and culture , and everywhere tributes remain to great masters like Leonardo Da Vinci . |
| 16 | The Psalms offer a rich mixture of spiritual , literary and musical expression and they have been at the heart of the Church 's daily worship since biblical times . |
| 17 | I agree with the Secretary of State that the matters involved are highly technical and that the Hydrotechnica report deals with matters that have been at the heart of the controversy . |