"They reveal an obsession with centralisation which is in direct conflict with the prescriptions of the new constitution," Mr.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

But the move prompted opposition criticism over "centralisation" of policing in Scotland.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Record - Home] Reference

"I've posed this question to ANC structures, asking what this so-called centralisation of power was, and what its manifestations were.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Although the new body will not replace local boards, yesterday's move prompted criticism from opposition politicians over the "centralisation" of policing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Express News Feeds] Reference

A provincial election head blames "centralisation" for a shortage of ballot papers and boxes, and wants provinces to take control of the process in future.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He added that "centralisation" of policing is a "bad idea", and said it is clear the government wants to make local police boards redundant or abolish them altogether.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He never shirked the burden of his centralisation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simon Jenkins: Toasting Tony] Reference

You have first the centralisation of the figure of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Practice and Science of Drawing] Reference

TAMBO: The centralisation of power in what is ultimately the.    From Wordnik.com.  [INTERVIEW WITH MAYIBUYE ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA AND SOUTHERN AFRICA IN GENERAL, 1984(1)] Reference

The centralisation of responsibilities was worsened by a failure to prepare a.    From Wordnik.com.  [STATE OF ORGANISATION] Reference

It is said that there is over-centralisation of government and the Presidency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks at the Cabinet/Sanef Indaba] Reference

They are emphatically not about centralisation but about mutual responsibility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Communion, Covenant and our Anglican Future] Reference

The advantages of centralisation, the weakness of decentralisation, were skilfully drawn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference

Then, Cable contrasted Tory secrecy and centralisation with Liberal openness and localism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cable’s attack on the Tories does nothing for the Lib Dem's credibility] Reference

Parliament ',' centralisation of power in the Presidency 'and 'a slide towards dictatorship'.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Generally, it appears that the centralisation of amalgamation and/or distillation is to be advised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 20] Reference

Will we see a creep towards centralisation of decisions on budget deficits, or harmonisation of tax rates?.    From Wordnik.com.  [EURO SPEECH] Reference

The Bill's proposed civilian national ministerial secretariat would lead to even greater centralisation of power.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Congress government's relationship with Cuba, branding it an attempt to move towards centralisation and socialism.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Neither the centralisation of wealth, nor that of knowledge, can now secure a nation against poverty and ignorance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference

If ever there was an indication that centralisation does not provide the route to long-term stability then this it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kabul’s Catch 22] Reference

He said there might be advantages to centralisation and bringing "various aspects" related to corruption under one roof.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

A central feature of the process of globalisation is the concentration and centralisation of power into ever fewer hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Address at the 22nd Congress of the Socialist International] Reference

Ministers were "gluttons for centralisation," and would, he prophesied, incur the usual fate of gluttons, acute indigestion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919] Reference

The SA Agricultural Union on Monday expressed misgivings about what it called the total centralisation of power awarded to Water.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The bulk of the problem, Sparks said, lay with inefficient processing of applications and centralisation of the application process.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

As a working class Tory, I see very little wrong with your proposals, a de-centralisation of the state to communities is long overdue.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the...] Reference

Clearly, an important element of this process is the further centralisation and concentration of power and influence in a few countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Today] Reference

Imperialism is bad on general grounds because it implies a centralisation of authority which violates the natural rights of nationalities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade] Reference

It's clear to anyone with any brains that leadership is a functional specialisation, and that therefore it inevitably presupposes centralisation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]

Traditional call centres are reserved to large companies, because of their technical and human infrastructure costs, and by their centralisation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strange Things Afoot at the Google Blog] Reference

The modern tendency towards centralisation in large towns has rendered this loss -- despite all that has been said to the contrary -- a necessity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

The Tories need to commit to more than a referendum, but a commitment to reverse the centralisation which they contributed to under Thatcher and Major.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Before the dissolution of the assembly there was some discussion as to the probable attitude of the great nobles in regard to this platform of centralisation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference

There are many sides to the subject, and it is only by a sustained effort towards centralisation that the general recognition of a systematic basis can be secured.    From Wordnik.com.  [Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900] Reference

The degree of centralisation of collection, processing and interpretation of data is a matter for the national and international remote-sensing agencies to resolve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

There are many things wrong with the extraordinary centralisation of Britain's government but it has one merit: when things go wrong the minister finds out sharpish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

Babel, however, was built as a monument of centralisation, for the builders gave as a reason for building it, “Lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the earth.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference

Dugès of course admitted that the centralisation of the complete organism became greater the higher it stood in the scale, and that this held good also in individual development.    From Wordnik.com.  [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference

Just a suspicion: we might be about to see a grand programme of stealth centralisation, which would enable Brown to pull back reform whilst also flashing his Blairite credentials.    From Wordnik.com.  [A false dawn?] Reference