Sentence examples for centered on how long from inspiring English sources

In the beginning, her own fear centered on how long she would live and what she could do to keep herself alive.

For some time now, most of the talk within and without the Metropolitan Opera has centered on how long the company can continue without a music director in place.

Even before Mr. Cameron went to Buckingham Palace to accept Queen Elizabeth II's invitation to form a government, speculation centered on how long the pact with the Liberal Democrats would last.

But because he has never before missed a scheduled appearance, his emergency leave has raised a number of questions centering mainly on how long the show might be able to go before it became necessary to call on one of those many volunteers.

These center on how long such a heavy military presence can be sustained on urban streets, and what happens when it departs.

The Met's 2015 costume exhibit, titled "China: Through the Looking Glass," centered on how European and American designers have long looked to the Middle Kingdom for important fashion cues.

Few believed that the labor dispute, which is centered on how owners and players should divide $2 billion in annual revenues, would last long enough to jeopardize the season.

It was much the same the other times she took center stage, especially on "How Long?" and "I Can Only Love," a vivid, resentful number from the group's forthcoming sixth album "Cherryholmes III" (Skaggs Family), on which she was joined by B. J. and Sandy for molasses-thick harmonies.

The Nets will practice at Barclays Center on Wednesday, and possibly for several more days, depending on how long it takes to restore power at the training center.

In Tuesday's incident, the aviation agency and the controllers differ on how long the President's plane disappeared from the control center's radar screen.

Not only does the country have one of the largest networks of detention centers in Europe, it is the only country on the continent that sets no statutory time limit on how long asylum seekers can be detained for.