central plank
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcentralandplank
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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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plank
noun[C]
uk/plæŋk/us/plæŋk/
a long, narrow, flat piece of wood or similar material, of the type used for ...
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(Definition ofcentralandplankfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is also an all-too-brief discussion of thatcentralplankof linguistic concern in the eighteenth century - lexicography.
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I am interested in making a case for such flat representations, but they were not acentralplankof the target article.
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It should be noted that the issue of derivation is thecentralplankof the demands.
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In the context of community care, the provision'scentralplankis high-quality care for vulnerable adults who require it.
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Acentralplankof our policy is the restoration of confidence in food.
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I see the council as acentralplankto my recommendations.
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Acentralplankof state support for students is simply not delivering.
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The integrated administration and control system is actually thecentralplankof our present agriculture policy.
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Embedded in that is the belief that the exchange rate mechanism should be thecentralplankof our counter-inflationary policy.
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If so, they would take away thecentralplankof our immigration controls.
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It is right to consider doing that as it is acentralplankof the arrangements.
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I did not tear it up, but it was torn up, and it was thecentralplankof our economic strategy.
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Achieving a dramatic improvement in diversity is acentralplankof our civil service reform programme.
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That has been acentralplankof the welfare state for the middle classes for many years.
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It is not thecentralplankof the proposals, although it is an important one.
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I therefore appeal to you, for the sake of growth and employment, to make transport policy thecentralplankin your strategy.
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That is why we have made literacy in information and communication technologies acentralplankin our manifesto commitments.
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That is why access to information and accountability must be acentralplankof what we are about.
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I therefore hope that deregulation will no longer be acentralplankof our policy in general terms.
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But that is not sufficient reason to oppose a government on acentralplankof their policy.
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