central motif

collocation in English

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central
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.trəl/us
/ˈsen.trəl/
in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part ...
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motif
noun[C]
uk
/məʊˈtiːf/us
/moʊˈtiːf/
a pattern ...
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(Definition ofcentralandmotiffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The role of visual imagery in making up for what diplomacy might not achieve is acentralmotif.
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The disturbing symbiosis between life-breath and mechanical action has long been acentralmotifin medical discourses about the voice.
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One recognizes that logic has bought its greater freedom and formal independence at the price of ceasing to be acentralmotiffor the construction of the whole.
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Thecentralmotifabove the crossing is a golden cross in the middle of the stary sky.
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Thecentralmotifof birds gives the author the opportunity to explore a range of themes.
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The flowers he picked were arranged in vases to become thecentralmotifof several still lifes.
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Under this influence has created a series of works in which ballet of death as acentralmotif.
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That same desolate desert landscape became acentralmotifin many works of art until the 1980s.
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Thecentralmotifis a large horseshoe arch.
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Above and below thecentralmotifare fields containing interlace ornament in finely incised lines.
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The spring concert is often themed, so stage settings, choir fundraisers, and the music follows acentralmotif.
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Thecentralmotifin these ritual paintings is surrounded by scenes portraying hunting, fishing and farming, festivals and dances, trees and animals.
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Thecentralmotifin many pieces is a human face surrounded by plant and animal forms.
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Although the centerpiece of the panel, the lamb is placed in the mid-ground, making the viewer look beyond the foreground figures to see thecentralmotifof the work.
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Borders and acentralmotif, usually a family crest, are decorated with abalone or mother-of-pearl buttons.
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This is largely attributed to the fact that love, danger and death are central motifs in fiction.
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One of the central motifs of the work is set forward in bar 3a 6/8 rhythm in minor seconds.
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By the 5th century stamped central motifs such as animals, crosses and humans are common on larger plates.
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