central thrust
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcentralandthrust
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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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thrust
noun
uk/θrʌst/us/θrʌst/
the main idea, subject, or opinion that is discussed or ...
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(Definition ofcentralandthrustfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thecentralthrustof such positions is, to my mind, irrefutable.
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I will present a concise summary here, but sufficiently detailed to understand thecentralthrust.
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Indeed, thecentralthrustof the community care changes of the late 1980s and 1990s was to reduce reliance on residential care.
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One is left at the end of the book wondering quite what is itscentralthrust, and to whom it is aimed.
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This argument, of course, contradicts thecentralthrustof democratic theory that all human beings are inherently worthy of equal treatment and respect.
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Thecentralthrustfor liberalisation and privatisation of telecommunications in the early 1980s came from ministers driven by neo-liberal ideas.
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His latest book brings these interests together into one volume, thecentralthrustof which is to review and apply a post-colonial view of geopolitics and development.
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The first is what might be called itscentralthrust: welfare reform.
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We have shared objectives on thecentralthrustof agricultural restructuring.
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It will be difficult to change much of itscentralthrust.
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Thecentralthrustis that we have a constitution.
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Thecentralthrustof that system, however, must be quality.
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That was thecentralthrustof his argument.
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That is thecentralthrustof this part of the report.
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Indeed, it was thecentralthrustof a number of contributions.
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There is therefore no undermining of thecentralthrustof parental choice.
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That is thecentralthrustof what we hope to achieve.
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But that is not thecentralthrustof the debate on the clause.
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However, thecentralthrustof tuition fees, top-up fees and other proposals should be welcomed.
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That should be thecentralthrustof this legislation.
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