Example sentences of "attention [is] [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Close attention is given to the effective dissemination of the results of work carried out by the Centre .
2 Close attention is given to the safe and hygienic handling of chemicals , and biomonitoring of personnel is done to ensure that the protective systems are working satisfactorily .
3 The success of the treatment depends very much on the skill and intelligence of the operatives and careful supervision to ensure that attention is given to the full extent of affected areas .
4 In Project English , particular attention is paid to the following areas :
5 Attention is paid to the negative effects which some children have on teachers when , for various reasons , they seem to be ‘ unteachable ’ and to reject what their teachers are trying to offer .
6 Increasingly attention is paid to the four lifestyle areas of smoking , alcohol consumption , exercise and diet .
7 When so much attention is paid to the vast power of multinational companies , it is perhaps wise to think of the numbers of international names that have disappeared from the scene , even during our own lifetime .
8 In addition , more attention is paid to the socioeconomic structure of farming and in particular the greater reliance of hill farming on government and EEC grant aid and subsidies .
9 Thus no attention is paid to the immense variety of types within the modes ( figured bass as against Wagnerian orchestral score , for example ; or esoteric ritual song , in which accurate memory is vital , as against collective-variative improvisation of epic ) ; or to the fact that many musical practices overreach the extent of a mode ( thus , improvisation remained important in much notated European music until the middle of the nineteenth century ; studio-based musicians quite often use forms of notation , when it suits their purposes ) .
10 Considerable attention is paid to the linguistic knowledge and skills required of teachers , and the ways in which these can best be learnt .
11 In some modern classical ballets too little attention is paid to the momentary holding of a pose as the focus of a picture to sum up — as it were — what has gone before .
12 Particular attention is paid to the methodological problems of identifying and linking long distance migrants over time in origin and destination areas and the project appraises the use of computer linkage techniques in historical research .
13 Stacey and I followed these arguments , insisting that issues of women and politics can only be addressed if attention is paid to the familial institutions of society ( Stacey and Price , 1981 ) .
14 Particular attention is paid to the organisational structures that have been developed to support global research strategies .
15 Perhaps what is needed is smaller , more easily accessible places that can be reached on foot and where closer attention is paid to the social needs of users and to identifying individuals ' choices about their requirements for leisure , work and education .
16 In all periods , attention is paid to the social and cultural background which gave rise to the literature .
17 Pupils ' attention is drawn to the various clubs/societies available both in the School itself and in the Edinburgh area .
18 In a vast ocean , empty of all else but one 's own boat and a tiny speck on the horizon , attention is drawn to the other boat .
19 Although strict licensing is the limit of our intent at the present , the industry is put on guard and attention is drawn to the Dangerous Dogs Legislation , with compulsory muzzling and neutering for persistent offenders .
20 Accordingly , it would be good practice to ensure that the customer 's attention is drawn to the salient points of any agreement or written document given to him .
21 In particular your attention is directed to the following sections of the said Act :
22 Finally , the theory that attention is directed to the left or right side as a consequence of asymmetrical activation of the cerebral hemispheres ( Kinsbourne , 1970 ; 1973 ; 1975a ) predicts that in hemispherectomised patients attention should be directed almost exclusively to the side contralateral to the intact hemisphere .
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