Example sentences of "'s attention to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May be , but it is also surely the duty of someone like Mr Chatrier , as a leading official of an organisation responsible for the continuing prosperity of tennis worldwide and at all levels , to draw everyone 's attention to such dangers . |
| 2 | Coleridge himself long believed that he was born on 20 October , but his father , with a clergyman 's attention to such matters , recorded in the parish register that the true date was 21 October ‘ about eleven o'clock in the forenoon ’ . |
| 3 | The collapse of Drexel has drawn the public 's attention to over-borrowed companies struggling to service high-yield debts . |
| 4 | The usual procedure is to divert the reader 's attention to one task , and observe the influence of an unattended word upon the reader 's performance . |
| 5 | We could draw the reader 's attention to other points . |
| 6 | To complement the quotation from Winston Churchill 's reply to the debate on the then Coal Mines ( Eight Hours ) Bill that was given by the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras , I should like to draw the House 's attention to other words of Winston Churchill in the same speech , which are as self-evidently true today as they were then : ’ We have reminded the hon. Gentleman of it often ; but why should cheapness of production always be achieved at the expense of the human factor ? |
| 7 | Lamb claimed in the Mirror that he called the umpire 's attention to alleged ball tampering by Pakistan at Lord 's . |
| 8 | Ever since November 1989 , the White House has been doggedly nominating daily ‘ points of light ’ in an attempt to draw the nation 's attention to outstanding examples of voluntary service . |
| 9 | A wall mirror in the painting area can stimulate the children 's attention to natural symmetry . |
| 10 | A definite tick in the margin here for the quality of the fretwork ; I was impressed by SGC 's attention to this important , and often hurriedly-finished feature . |
| 11 | If I do not get a satisfactory reply I intend to pursue every possible means to draw the public 's attention to this iniquitous state of affairs , which for a big company like P & O is an absolute disgrace . |
| 12 | McDonald 's attention to high standards in this area is not a debatable point . |
| 13 | D J Taylor — who had a heated exchange with Lawrence Norfolk , a BOYB author who was in the audience — captured the mood of the debate : ‘ I think the real importance of the promotion lies in the fact that it draws people 's attention to British fiction , and provides the backdrop for a much wider discussion about the relative decline of the English novel since the Second World War . ’ |
| 14 | Jarmusch here is experimenting with and calling the spectator 's attention to cinematic conventions . |
| 15 | Like realist cinema and unlike modernist cinema , these films do not ‘ lay bare the device or call the viewer 's attention to cinematic conventions . |
| 16 | ‘ I just think more people in the media should take the initiative to bring the public 's attention to these problems , ’ Dmitry finally exclaims. ‘ that 's what the media 's for . |
| 17 | Thus , it may be desirable to draw a patient 's attention to any inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour ( e.g. a therapist pointed out to a patient that the latter insisted that he wished to tackle some problem in his home yet arranged to go out every evening with his friends ) . |
| 18 | VFM studies are designed to bring Parliament 's attention to any area of potential improvement , including staffing , control and assessment procedures . |
| 19 | It needed re-emphasising that it was the duty of counsel to draw the judge 's attention to any omission to direct the jury on the burden of proof or on any other essential matter of law : Donoghue ( above ) at p. 271 per Watkins L.J . |
| 20 | Ironically , the deal is a victory for Mr Bush 's attention to foreign policy , an issue on which he campaigned during his re-election battle . |