Example sentences of "[noun] focus on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Do their eyes focus on brighter tomorrows ? |
2 | Tomlinson ( 1984 ) showed that Caribbean parents wanted schools to focus on basic skills , discipline and equal opportunities in examinations and that Muslim parents felt that schools did n't attempt to recognise their cultural and religious values . |
3 | Second , the two broad types of research focused on different age-groups . |
4 | For research focused on formal aspects of code switching , much of the interest lies in the process whereby two widely divergent grammatical systems are made compatible in such a way that switching is possible between them : hence researchers in this area have mainly concentrated on pairs of languages that have no more than chance ( or universal ) similarities . |
5 | The study focused on strategic issues which included safety and personal security in the use of the transport system . |
6 | This was a wide-ranging exploratory survey , designed ‘ to obtain some basic information about current training provision which could be used in identifying more specific areas of enquiry … a pilot study focussing on public libraries only ’ . |
7 | The second part of the study focuses on horizontal mergers . |
8 | This research focuses on four areas : the role of corporate personnel departments , the link between industrial relations activity and strategic decision making , the evolution and management of management style toward industrial and employee relations , and the control and coordination of collective bargaining and consultation . |
9 | Its usefulness will depend on the extent to which your research focuses on general properties rather than on specific properties of the chemicals that make up real polymer solutions . |
10 | Firstly , much of the research focuses on human embryos which raises ethical considerations hitherto unprecedented , and while such research is still in its early stages it is clear that the ability to manipulate human life itself requires well-defined and enforceable legislation . |
11 | Very frequent reward sessions focussing on small numbers of children are the most effective . |
12 | Miller suggested that parents focus on five aspects of language and communication : |
13 | Discussing this later at one of the Observations planning meetings , the idea of sharing ‘ inspirational works ’ appealed to all those present as complementing a tendency in review columns to focus on new titles and ‘ how to do it ’ guides . |
14 | The move is part of the company 's efforts to streamline product lines to focus on higher-end systems and servers ; de-emphasise some system-related peripherals ; and buy in some production . |
15 | Tate Gallery A series of lectures focusing on single masterpieces in the collection , Braque 's Bottle and Fishes ( lecturer , Carole Conrad ) 5 Oct . |
16 | The Sun focused on hard-porn videos as providing the key , under the headline How a little softie turned into sadistic sex maniac . |
17 | Since their work focused on certain topics it was natural that they particularly looked for evidence relating to these topics , and as examples of the rhetorical use of anthropology three such central topics can be noted here in a preliminary way . |
18 | Current Developments in International Law focuses on selected areas including state responsibility , international settlement of disputes , use of force , law of the sea , and international humanitarian law . |
19 | New plan focuses on doomed cliffs |
20 | It will also help the US company 's plans to focus on international markets and ‘ position us for faster growth , particularly in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region ’ , said FMC chairman R. N. Burt . |
21 | One BBC insider said they were expecting complaints from Mr Major about coverage of his early speeches , when his attempts to focus on constitutional issues went largely unreported . |
22 | Increasingly , private pressure groups commission private survey organisations to focus on particular subgroups or issues and , as a result , deal with matters that go beyond material deprivation . |
23 | The exhibition presented by the Irish women 's group focused on Irish women 's lives in Ireland and Scotland in the last century , not on ‘ promoting and peddling pro-Irish Republican publications and propaganda ’ ! |
24 | The seminars , designed for teachers , lecturers , trainers , and others involved in implementing the new awards , will include workshops focusing on general SVQs in each new vocational area . |
25 | Outside Parliament attention focused on two by-elections . |
26 | A very tiny handful of totally unrepresentative films achieved a certain notoriety but were in general lost sight of as attention focused on better films and in any case they were to represent a dead-end rather than a way forward . |
27 | Some committees focus on single services ( such as housing or education ) and are frequently called vertical committees ; others , usually known as horizontal committees , deal with a single aspect of all services ( such as personnel , finance ) . |
28 | Questions focus on such subjects as the length of the journey , the dangers travellers might face and the kind of life which would await them in Oregon . |
29 | The problem is to bring resources to focus on these problems . |
30 | Such experience may be a highly visible educational programme , with recognised qualifications although no specified organisational outcome ; it may be a training event focused on particular skills and understandings ; it may be an almost unrecognised flash of insight at the workplace , prompted consciously or unconsciously by others . |