Sentence examples for as centres of from inspiring English sources

Commonword's chief executive, Peter Kalu, feared the clubs might be wrongly labelled as centres of iniquity.

Beirut, Baghdad, Tehran and Amman flourished as centres of artistic excellence.

However, Brazil's Mato Grosso and Para states are now seen as centres of illegal deforestation.

Eventually towns grew up as centres of church or feudal authority, of marketing or trade.

They are notable as centres of the cloth trade and for their architecture (see African architecture).

Under Songhai, Djenné and Timbuktu flourished as centres of both trade and Islamic scholarship.

What we have witnessed in our own time is the death of universities as centres of critique.

In this period the emerging nation-states of Europe began to compete with the church as centres of power.

The upper estates and the royal boroughs were ruined; they ceased to function as centres of economic and cultural activities.

They are offering a torrent of exhibitions, concerts and other events to rebrand themselves as centres of creativity.

But because they also contain a lot of sick people, they can act as centres of infection as well.