Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adj] attention " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am conscious of the late payment problem , which is something to which we are devoting great attention . |
| 2 | A few writers ( Betsy Byars , Joan Lingard , and Judy Blume , for example ) are given critical attention , the rest are not . |
| 3 | It is quite clear from these contrasting analyses of underachievement , employability and disruption , that the differential experiences of black girls are given minimal attention . |
| 4 | The Group 's environmental , health and safety policies , which are printed on page 7 , are given close attention at all locations . |
| 5 | Good tips are fine , but only when the more serious issues are given due attention . |
| 6 | The implications of HLA-G expression for the outcome of pregnancy are given scant attention and ‘ remain to be explored ’ , which today is simply not true . |
| 7 | The underlying cultural patterns anthropologists seek means the implications offered by changing historical circumstances are given insufficient attention . |
| 8 | Black pupils are given more attention by teachers only in terms of discipline and punishment . |
| 9 | The microeconomic imperfections which are given special attention are imperfect information ( eg firms ' inability to monitor accurately the productivities of their employees ) , imperfect competition ( eg collective bargaining ) , and various transactions costs ( eg the costs of hiring , training , and firing employees ) . |
| 10 | One example of an hypothesis which has been given serious attention in recent years is the possible link between electromagnetic fields generated by high-voltage power lines or supply cables and ill health . |
| 11 | In the delicate balance between trust and accountability , an Area Secretary should be confident that her/his report will always be acknowledged on the basis of its having been given serious attention . |
| 12 | Over the past year so much time and energy has been devoted to considering the implications of the new audit regulatory regime that investment business has been given scant attention by commentators and the profession alike . |
| 13 | Security issues , covering data protection , data integrity , security of access , physical security , recovery arrangements , and printout control , have been given close attention . |
| 14 | In terms of the future of formal education , priority has been given to achievement of non-racial education , and neither questions of female access and achievement , nor the gendered content of educational materials , have been given much attention . |
| 15 | Lesbians and HIV prevention have been given little attention in the overall response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic . |
| 16 | The practice of nurses working flexible hours , which is largely controlled by the needs of the nursing team , has to date been given little attention . |
| 17 | In tropical countries the importance of maintaining the cold chain is recognised , but in temperate countries it has been given little attention until recently . |
| 18 | It seems strange that this phenomenon , so necessary both for social cohesion and for the development of real harmony between ourselves and our horses , has been given less attention than pecking order : a reflection , perhaps , on the observer more than on the observed . |
| 19 | Virginia Bottomley , a health minister , said many of the 3,000 people sleeping rough in the city might have stayed at home had they been given enough attention earlier . |
| 20 | However , while the former has been given considerable attention by geographers ( summarized by Openshaw et al. 1989 ) there has been relatively little such work in the UK on the disposal of non-nuclear wastes . |
| 21 | Captain Astorre had been paying small attention . |
| 22 | The Cardigan Bay Forum , of which we are a founder member , has been paying serious attention to the issues arising from the oil industry 's increasing interest in exploring potential reserves in Cardigan Bay , including the forthcoming test drilling by Hamilton Brothers off Bardsey . |
| 23 | Thus planning permission had been granted ( on 22 December 1975 , close enough to Christmas for no-one to have been paying much attention ) and the period for appealing the planning permission was past before local residents discovered that Raybestos Manhattan would be processing and emitting asbestos , a highly toxic pollutant and confirmed mass killer . |
| 24 | She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side . |
| 25 | He had n't been paying much attention to what Throgmorton had been talking about on the way here , but he recalled his ears had caught the unpleasant words ‘ casting vote ’ , and ‘ your important role as president ’ . |
| 26 | For the past few minutes she had not really been paying much attention to the direction and she looked round worriedly . |
| 27 | But I As I say I were young and I would n't have been paying particular attention . |
| 28 | If she had been paying more attention to his face she might have believed that his deeply shocked , anguished expression was not an act , put on for her benefit . |
| 29 | Standards have gone up consistently over the six years of the league and , although still dominated by a new wave of running clubs that have burgeoned over the last decade , more and more of the traditional athletics clubs have been paying more attention to the competition . |
| 30 | He had been paying more attention than she thought . |