Sentence examples for have focused around from inspiring English sources

Now, I don't want to sound ungrateful, but until now many of the initiatives in the East London tech cluster have focused around, well, initiatives.

My negotiations have focused around the licensing or acquisition of electronic resources.

The latest battles have focused around Hodeida, a port city on the west coast controlled by the Houthis.

"If the Occupy movement could have focused around one moment or image – like John and Yoko in a bed – it would have helped that movement a lot.

But it is consistent with longstanding political campaigns by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, which have focused around securing a treaty.

In some countries, the debates have focused around the introduction of a national minimum wage.

All the talk of the "Pool of Death" has focused around the three leading nations, but you should write off the Pacific Islanders at your peril.

The main debate has focused around three areas: issues of security, the preservation of 'French values', and of course the oppression of women.

Nightlife survives in Hong Kong as it always has, focused around the red‑light district of Wanchai, where Thai, Filipina and other nationalities have replaced local Chinese women in "pole bars".

"So much of African-American history has focused around our victimization," he added, "and this is about a part of our history that should make us proud, should make us fly".

As in so many states, much of the campaign there had focused around job losses, financial woes and state budget troubles, and Mr. Walker, like several of his Republican colleagues, had pledged to cut government waste, reshape government and upend a system that he said had failed.