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Minimal example:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{alignat*}{2}
    A \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && A \\[10pt]
    B \\[10pt]
    C \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && C \\[10pt]
    D \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && D
\end{alignat*}

\begin{alignat*}{2}
    A \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && A \\
\end{alignat*}
\begin{equation*}
    B 
\end{equation*}
\begin{alignat*}{2}
    C \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && C \\[10pt]
    D \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && D
\end{alignat*}

\end{document}

I'd like the B to be centered with equal vertical space between the lines.

Edit.

My original question was not sufficiently precise. I do not want the horizontal spacing between the aligned columns to change. In practice the entries will be quite wide. Please see the new example.

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{alignat*}{2}
    A \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && A \\[10pt]
    MMMMMMMMMMMMMM \\[10pt]
    C \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && C \\[10pt]
    D \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && D
\end{alignat*}

\begin{alignat*}{2}
    A \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && A \\
\end{alignat*}
\begin{equation*}
    MMMMMMMMMMMMMM 
\end{equation*}
\begin{alignat*}{2}
    C \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && C \\[10pt]
    D \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && D
\end{alignat*}

\end{document}

It should look like this:

        A    A
    MMMMMMMMMMMMMM
        C    C
        D    D
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You can use a gather with some box measurements (provided by \eqmathbox through eqparbox):

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{amsmath,eqparbox}

% https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/34412/5764
\makeatletter
\NewDocumentCommand{\eqmathbox}{o O{c} m}{%
  \IfValueTF{#1}
    {\def\eqmathbox@##1##2{\eqmakebox[#1][#2]{$##1##2$}}}
    {\def\eqmathbox@##1##2{\eqmakebox{$##1##2$}}}
  \mathpalette\eqmathbox@{#3}
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\begin{alignat*}{2}
         A \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && AA      \\[10pt]
                                  BBB                   \\[10pt]
      CCCC \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && CCCCC   \\[10pt]
    DDDDDD \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && DDDDDDD
\end{alignat*}

\begin{alignat*}{2}
         A \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && AA      \\
\end{alignat*}
\begin{equation*}
                                  BBB 
\end{equation*}
\begin{alignat*}{2}
      CCCC \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && CCCCC   \\[10pt]
    DDDDDD \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && DDDDDDD
\end{alignat*}

\begin{gather*}
        \eqmathbox[LHS][r]{A} \hspace{25pt} \eqmathbox[RHS][l]{AA}      \\[10pt]
                                  BBB                                   \\[10pt]
     \eqmathbox[LHS][r]{CCCC} \hspace{25pt} \eqmathbox[RHS][l]{CCCCC}   \\[10pt]
  \eqmathbox[LHS][r]{DDDDDDD} \hspace{25pt} \eqmathbox[RHS][l]{DDDDDDD}
\end{gather*}

\end{document}

The Left Hand Sides are measured and stored in a box of maximum width (all right-aligned) and the Right Hand Sides are put in a different box of maximum width (all left-aligned).

You can also use an array:

enter image description here

\[
  \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{2}% https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/31672/5764
  \begin{array}{ r @{\hspace{25pt}} l }
         A & AA               \\
      \multicolumn{2}{c}{BBB} \\
      CCCC & CCCCC            \\
    DDDDDD & DDDDDDD
  \end{array}
\]
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  • When I try to typeset your example I get the error Undefined control sequence. \NewDocumentCommand{\eqmathbox}{o O{c} m}{% ?
    – simple jack
    Jan 25 at 20:03
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    @simplejack: Add \usepackage{xparse} to your preamble. Up-to-date LaTeX distributions won't need this.
    – Werner ♦
    Jan 25 at 20:30
  • Thanks, now I am able to typeset the example. However, the eqmathboxes do not seem to work with prooftrees from the package ebproof as their contents. I had to put them inside of braces to make alignat work.
    – simple jack
    Jan 25 at 20:45
  • 1
    @simplejack: M'kay. Can you provide some code that show the current, complete, minimal example? You can use Pastebin if you wish.
    – Werner ♦
    Jan 25 at 21:37
  • 1
    @simplejack: Riiight. That's another option. For reference, I'll add it to my current answer.
    – Werner ♦
    Jan 25 at 22:29
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You can place equations within \intertext to pause and resume alignment.

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{alignat*}{2}
    A \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && A \\
\intertext{\[ MMMMMMMMMMMMMM \]}
    C \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && C \\[10pt]
    D \hspace{12.5pt} & \hspace{12.5pt} && D
\end{alignat*}

\end{document}

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