Example sentences of "attention to [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The publicity which rightly has surrounded this situation may have one good effect ; it draws our attention to the awful consequences of unemployment and business failures in our society ; and it reminds us of our genuine responsibilities towards the individuals and families damaged by this ; we must have care for our brothers and sisters in need . |
| 2 | The most systematic study of legacies sub modo , while drawing attention to the Scaevolan cases in which trusts are construed , points out that this amounted to no more than an isolated and sporadic tendency . |
| 3 | This declaration followed a denunciation of the City of London , drawing attention to the chief actors in the Guinness scandal : ‘ It can hardly be a coincidence that those in the dock are all Jews . ’ |
| 4 | In that respect , close contact has been established with leaders of the Council of Welsh Districts and the Assembly of Welsh Counties , and local government officers and my officials are paying detailed attention to the practical aspects of implementing the new council tax , including — as the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) said — the information technology requirement . |
| 5 | The contents of this chapter can not describe the tax position on each transfer ; they can only draw attention to the possible heads of charge and reliefs available in respect of each of them . |
| 6 | Ten years later , when penicillin had been established as an effective drug , Raistrick gave fresh attention to the therapeutic possibilities of antibiotics . |
| 7 | Indeed , the judge had directed the jury 's attention to the final minutes of the film , which depicted a couple making love in explicit anatomical detail , some of which was photographed in close shot . |
| 8 | Sensitive to the disastrous marketing implications of such a move ( imagine needing a prescription for your favourite skin cream ) manufacturers have recently been shifting their attention to the uppermost levels of the epidermis where any improvement in texture or tone , no matter how impressive , is still deemed to be ‘ cosmetic ’ . |
| 9 | If we confine attention to the 8 samples on which at least 15 individual determinations were made , the R range narrows to 0.35–0.95% , confirming that some of these rocks were formerly sufficiently deeply buried to put them into the oil-generating window . |
| 10 | May I also draw the right hon. Gentleman 's attention to the personal circumstances of a friend whose wife is suffering from serious cancer ? |
| 11 | We did n't have the time or energy to pay much attention to the other theatres of war , unless we had someone out there . |
| 12 | The announcement represented a victory for the Civil Liberties Organization , which the previous October had released a report drawing attention to the appalling conditions in Nigeria 's prisons and claiming that hundreds of prisoners had died of malnutrition or untreated diseases . |
| 13 | His joking spatialization of this chapter punningly ( ‘ premises ’ ) draws attention to the subversive implications of his assertions and ironically contrasts the availability of his text with the proprietary attitudes to property within his narrative . |
| 14 | It is , of course , very easy to pay too much attention to the famous names in Nonconformity , partially because of their importance , partially because information about them is more readily available and partially because they tended to be more involved in politics . |
| 15 | I remember that in 1970 I was actually called deranged because I drew attention to the various forms of manifest nonsense on which ‘ The Thing ’ was battening . |
| 16 | In chapter 2 we turned our attention to the various types of bonding between atoms , ions and molecules and saw how the bonding related to the structure and properties of matter . |
| 17 | Colleagues from neighbouring authorities have drawn attention to the various anomalies in the standard spending assessments and I shall not repeat them . |
| 18 | There is now quite an extensive sociological literature about old people , much of which draws attention to the various ways in which they are disadvantaged , even oppressed , through the creation of ‘ structured dependency ’ . |
| 19 | A very early book touching on the subject , the third edition of Air Power and War Rights ( Spaight , 1947 , pp. 274–6 ) drew attention to the specific characteristics of the atomic bomb which made its use questionable — namely the scale of devastation , and the after-effects of exposure to atomic radiation . |
| 20 | The research has drawn attention to the many ways of creating worthwhile opportunities for talk and collaboration , for learning in a group and as a group other than structuring tasks for cooperative working . |
| 21 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has written to the Leader of the Opposition drawing attention to the many ways in which it was a gross distortion and to the fact that , for example , one in 10 personal computers sold in the world — let alone in this country — is now made in Scotland and that no less than 85 per cent . |
| 22 | Some of the claims have been on the basis of debatable information , and all have been highly selective and have only drawn attention to the adverse elements of research whilst ignoring much encouraging , positive information . |
| 23 | Only last month an investigation by The Northern drew attention to the increasing problems of solvent abuse in North-East towns and cities . |
| 24 | In their speeches both our President and the AOC in C drew attention to the close links between the Association and the serving Royal Air Force . |
| 25 | Therefore , if one wishes to study ‘ the thinking society ’ , one should pay particular attention to the contrary themes of common sense or of social representations , and to the argumentative processes by which the thinking society expresses such contrary themes . |
| 26 | A Report by the Technical Change Centre draws attention to the variable standards of the research problem set , the variable standards of the supervisor , and the variable standard of the Ph D examination . |
| 27 | The royal couple , in patched clothes , are eating a meal of boiled eggs , water and sauerkraut ( the last item drawing attention to the un-English origins of Hanoverians ) . |
| 28 | The new association is a way of drawing attention to the Muslim technocrats around the president . |
| 29 | We share your concern about the lack of professional training and accreditation but would draw your attention to the joint efforts of the Association of Police Surgeons and the Association of Chief Police Officers in setting up the Durham introductory course for police surgeons . |
| 30 | Following earlier attention to the economic implications of increased environmental awareness at the 1989 International Forum , the Council continued to take an interest in changes in regulatory conditions for industry and commerce . |