"center" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

center verbo

center + preposición
Kolokacji: 22
center on • center around • center upon • center in • center at • ...
center + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 15
center mainly • center largely • center primarily • originally center • initially center • ...
4. initially center = początkowo centrum initially center
  • The crimes initially centered on east Sacramento where at least fifty women were sexually assaulted between June 18, 1976 and July 5, 1979.
  • Initially centered on the Atlantic coast, it ended up covering much of occupied France and Belgium.
  • Though the investigation initially centered on Mr. Galloway, it soon cast a much wider net.
  • These regional complexes, initially centered around a drama company, were also financed in part by municipal and regional authorities.
  • Food aid began in 1997, initially centered on delivering food but increasingly becoming oriented towards agricultural rehabilitation and production.
  • The discussion about the causes of the gender gap in wages initially centered around economic theories, especially human capital theory.
  • Even discussions of Mr. Cosby's show in news articles initially centered on whether his was a "real" black family.
  • Suspicions initially centered around the bomber having been the bodyguard of an MP.
  • Facing laws and rules addressing everything from advertisements to board composition, most fund companies initially centered their compliance efforts in the legal department.
  • Suspicion initially centered on carrier panels because of tests in a radar laboratory conducted over the last few weeks.
(3) generally, particularly
Kolokacji: 2

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