Example sentences of "to concentrate on a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the President promised to use his second term for a new " crusade " to secure peace and prosperity within the USA , he offered few new prescriptions for the ailing economy , preferring instead to concentrate on a broad agenda which included less government and lower taxes . |
| 2 | William , 10 , and eight-year-old Harry were given airline packs of colouring books and puzzles but chose to concentrate on a new computer game . |
| 3 | These functionally convenient but artificial demarcation lines have made the timetable easier to handle and have provided security for teachers who knew that for a single or double period their task was to concentrate on a specific subject . |
| 4 | I want you to concentrate on a specific area , so you want to retain control . |
| 5 | Target-oriented programmes tend to concentrate on a small number of permanent or semi-permanent methods ( sterilisation or IUD ) to minimise dropout rates . |
| 6 | It has never been more important to concentrate on a particular area where your business can obtain a pre-eminent position , and to understand the basis of that pre-eminence . |
| 7 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 8 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 9 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 10 | They can advise their clients [ customers ] on all aspects of the law although many tend to concentrate on a particular area . |
| 11 | And manager Geoff Butler has told his Beazer Homes League men to concentrate on a secret catchword which , when shouted from the dug-out in the heat of the match , is designed to trigger their attention . |
| 12 | Because the neutral gas is strongly confined to the plane , in a first analysis it is convenient to concentrate on a thin slice around b =0° , where b is galactic latitude ; this two-dimensional slice through the data cube contains all available information about gas in the plane . |
| 13 | Not only was the Psittacidae the first volume ever to concentrate on a single species , it was , as Lear himself maintained , ‘ the first complete volume of coloured drawings of birds on so large a scale published in England , as far as I know — unless Audubon 's were previously engraved . ’ |
| 14 | By now the tendency for manufacturers to concentrate on a single site was apparent , and many of the smaller mills , such as Inchbrook , fell into disuse . |
| 15 | In May 1977 the policy was amended , when it was decided to concentrate on a few tourist growth points in areas of rural depopulation where there was unrealized tourist potential . |
| 16 | Toscanini was clearly very much in tune with Mendelssohn 's music , but as in the case of other composers he tended to concentrate on a few scores , and not always those which were best . |
| 17 | By the mid-1950s his growing reputation enabled him to concentrate on a literary career . |