Example sentences of "[that] it [vb -s] attention " in BNC.
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| 1 | The value of professionality is that it focuses attention upon the activities of teachers in relation to pupils , each other and their organisations and it is thus a dynamic concept in opposition to the rather static ‘ characteristics ’ or ‘ descriptive ’ approach inherent in most studies of professionalism . |
| 2 | Its application in practice shows that it focuses attention on critical issues and highlights areas for management intervention , or not , as the case may be . |
| 3 | A further benefit of this analysis is that it causes attention to be focused on the real medical-legal issue ; whether , and if so , what , liability ( criminal or civil ) ever attends the decision which is significant , namely turning , or failing to turn , the ventilator on again . |
| 4 | The main strength of the theory is that it directs attention to the entrepreneurial or innovative personalities who seem to be so important in the developmental process , but even here the theory does tend to ignore the inconsistencies and contradictions that are inherent in explanations based on individual characteristics . |
| 5 | Exaggerating the significance of passive ownership stakes or the potential for collaborative action , sometimes ideologically inspired , is unhelpful , in that it draws attention away from the crucial issues of management motives and competence , and the adequacy of the mechanisms of accountability . |
| 6 | It is ‘ discursive , in Foucault 's sense of ‘ discourse ’ ( in The Archaeology of Knowledge ) in that it draws attention to the rules , the norms , and conventions of cinematic signification itself . |