Collocations for central - adj.

be

very
absolutely
This distinction is of absolutely central importance.

increasingly

to
These facts are central to the case.

be

fairly, quite, very
Our house is very central, so we can easily get around.

Central is used with these nouns:
administration, aim, area, argument, aspect, authority, bank, banking, belief, belt, branch, character, claim, command, committee, component, concept, core, corridor, courtyard, database, demand, dilemma, district, doctrine, dogma, executive, facility, feature, figure, focus, fund, funding, government, heating, idea, importance, institution, issue, library, location, message, metaphor, motif, mystery, office, organ, paradox, part, performance, place, plank, planning, plateau, point, portion, position, preoccupation, principle, problem, proposition, province, question, recommendation, region, register, registry, role, square, staircase, task, theme, thesis, thread, thrust, topic, truth, zone