Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] attention to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , it is difficult for the human mind to pay attention to the interpersonal actions and to the substantive issues at the same time . |
| 2 | He selected the simplest steps and poses of classical dance with its perfectly balanced form and at the same time gave it straighter , longer lines to draw attention to the more athletic qualities of Greek dance and to the clear , austere sounds of Satie 's modern music . |
| 3 | We ask the general assembly to remit to the assembly council to give attention to the placing of health and healing within the overall work of the church and to report to next year 's general assembly on where they think this remit should most effectively be discharged . |
| 4 | And Michael Balcon , now convinced that making big-budget films to please the Americans was a sure way for the British film industry to commit suicide , began a campaign through the Cinematograph Films Council to draw attention to the amount of control Rank , with his dangerous policies , now had over the film industry . |
| 5 | Let us turn to another definition that would give the context-dependent nature of such phenomena more centrality : ( 12 ) Pragmatics is the study of the relations between language and context that are basic to an account of language understanding Here the term language understanding is used in the way favoured by workers in artificial intelligence to draw attention to the fact that understanding an utterance involves a great deal more than knowing the meanings of the words uttered and the grammatical relations between them . |
| 6 | These indicators of the native film industry 's weakness encouraged The Federation of British Industries to intensify its campaign to bring attention to the way in which the disappearance of British films from the world 's screens impacted on ‘ the prestige of the country as a whole , and thereby the prestige of British industry also ’ . |
| 7 | The need to give attention to the social aspects of the school environment for the integrated visually handicapped pupil should not be underestimated . |
| 8 | Nineteenth century Liberals used the idea of society as a biological organism to draw attention to the need for competition ( as between species ) , while twentieth century Liberals argued the reverse to justify greater collective provision , stressing not competition but the harmonious working of the organism as a whole . |
| 9 | ‘ It did occur to me that the doctor did choose an odd moment to draw attention to the bell 's being there . |
| 10 | A Downing Street spokesman said he was grateful to the BBC for its prompt decision to draw attention to the lapse , and for respecting the confidentiality of the call . |
| 11 | I am glad to have the chance at a comparatively civilised hour to draw attention to the particular problems facing teachers dealing with allegations of child abuse . |
| 12 | The report , leaked to BBC local radio station CWR in Coventry , said : ‘ A series of clues were available to the shift maintenance manager to draw attention to the use of incorrect bolts but all went un-noticed or unheeded . ’ |
| 13 | The term is used by Gershuny and Miles to draw attention to the fact that all products , whether material or immaterial , involve people in some kind of service activity . |
| 14 | It is this that has led students of social policy to draw attention to the significant impact of war upon policy . |
| 15 | My hon. Friends and I feel justified in asking for a special debate to call attention to the ridiculous fact that , at Humberstone , which is part of the EDDR route , a mile of new road costing £1.5 million has stood finished and unopened for over a year , while the county and city councils argue about a proposed route by the side of the clinic on Scraptoft lane through a recreation area which happens to be owned by the city council . |
| 16 | His capacity to persuade people to pay attention to the plight of the less fortunate was constant . |
| 17 | The protesters shut down the bridge to bring attention to the ’ business as usual ’ attitude which has prevailed during the AIDS crisis . |
| 18 | But as one protester , Dee Gold said ’ We are disrupting this society to call attention to the government 's murderous negligence in tacking AIDS . ’ |
| 19 | That is why , only last year , we were involved in the eye awareness campaign with the profession to draw attention to the importance of people ensuring that their eyesight is checked . |
| 20 | Obviously the decrease in the amount of time spent with the first-born will have an effect but many parents are aware of this and make a great effort to give attention to the older child . |
| 21 | He manages to get every single person in his organization to pay attention to the smallest detail . |
| 22 | It simplifies the algebra to confine attention to the case in which the unstable thermal stratification is weak compared with the stable salt stratification so that the oscillations are only slightly modified from those described by eqns ( 15.21 ) and ( 15.22 ) . |
| 23 | If you had written a full answer to each question , how could you have rearranged the word order to draw attention to the most important word or words ? |
| 24 | So , for example , a new fibre-tipped pen , in a range of such pens offered by a newcomer to the market , may be sold at a loss in order to draw attention to the range as a whole , and to establish a share of the total market . |
| 25 | 1.1 This is a guidance document to draw attention to the radical changes which have taken place for Session 1987–88 to the module descriptors in : |
| 26 | Using a fluorescent marker to highlight the left side of any reading material , such as a newspaper , can help the patient to pay attention to the whole text instead of just the right half . |
| 27 | The emphasis was going to be on anything exotic , anything excitingly ( or boringly ) new , and any unhealthy tendency to pay attention to the food before all else . |
| 28 | Ralph Howell was the first politician to draw attention to the narrowness of the gap between the income of many low-wage earners when in work , and their benefit entitlement when they were without a job . |
| 29 | Delivering 40,000 ice cubes to the minister , representing the extra number of people who die each winter compared with the number of deaths during the summer , the Campaign for Cold Weather Credits hopes to draw attention to the plight of the poor and the elderly . |
| 30 | Currie himself squatted in the house to draw attention to the case . |