Example sentences of "'s attention to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Promotions aim to attract the customer 's attention to a new product or range of products . |
| 2 | Once you have attracted people 's attention to a story with a bright , lively opening paragraph , you can provide them with some facts and figures . |
| 3 | ( iii ) At this point we should like to draw the reader 's attention to a second aspect of polynomial algebra which is sometimes badly dealt with . |
| 4 | It was Dubois , however , who called the Doctor 's attention to a small ante-chamber in which several grotesque fish and toads were hung on hooks beside dried roots . |
| 5 | A visiting fossilist from Aberdeenshire drew Johnson 's attention to a species of ash tree , enabling the great man to support his recurring arboreal obsession : ‘ The present nakedness of the Hebrides is not wholly the fault of Nature . ’ |
| 6 | May I draw the Economic Secretary 's attention to a study that I have just received from the House of Commons Library 's statistical section ? |
| 7 | The infant will turn to see what the adult is looking at , as if the adult 's behaviour draws the baby 's attention to a potentially interesting event . |
| 8 | He was still trying to find them among the milling blackened faces , when a sudden shout drew everyone 's attention to a flicker of torch light weaving through the trees towards the highway . |
| 9 | Only a small part of the side of the boat and rail are depicted and three blues show up again and again throughout the collection and seem to draw one 's attention to a detail otherwise missed . |
| 10 | The demands of this kind of social experience are perhaps most acute when the infant wishes to communicate to the adult about the object — for example , if the child wishes to draw the adult 's attention to an object or request an object from the adult . |
| 11 | The master took the opportunity to complain further to the Board that on several occasions he had drawn the medical officer 's attention to an inmate , William Sabey , who was at times a danger to others and had attempted to stab the labour master . |