Example sentences of "to divert attention from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is partly because they are desperate to divert attention from the recession — which they created , from which they can not escape and which will lose them the election — and partly because they are desperate to conceal the enormity of what they have done in wilfully impoverishing the poorer half of the nation . |
| 2 | Alternatively , you may be commenting on my handling of the revolution , ’ Mait said , grinning in exhilaration , ‘ playing both sides off against the middle to divert attention from the construction of all this . ’ |
| 3 | In order not to divert attention from the components of performance of the total of recognised gains and losses for the period , if included as a primary statement , the reconciliation should be shown separately from the statement of total recognised gains and losses . |
| 4 | ‘ Try to tell me again , Lacuna , ’ she asked , attempting to divert attention from the battle on the planet ‘ What exactly is Pool ? ’ |
| 5 | In such ‘ solo ’ or ‘ quasi solo ’ passages , the accompaniment is best kept very simple , so as not to divert attention from the melody . |
| 6 | The Jordanian government denied that there were any attacks and accused the Israelis of opening fire on Jordan to divert attention from the intifada . |
| 7 | It could be an insurance plan so described to divert attention from the front-end and other charges which will absorb much , maybe all , of the first year 's ‘ savings , ’ and it could be five years or more , on any reasonable projection of performance , before you are likely to see even your original money back . |