Example sentences of "[adj] attention to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the National government and the Conservative Party leadership felt obliged to pay some attention to a movement with which they had little sympathy ; they frequently referred to pacifist feeling as a reason for slow rearmament and later for " appeasement " of Germany and Italy . |
| 2 | Once they are started off you can give some attention to the support finances and the Joint Fundings . |
| 3 | One such followed the 1919 Indian Jails Committee report , and another came shortly after Independence ; many of the new leaders had spent time in gaols , and devoted some attention to the problem in the 1950s ( including the drawing up of a Model Prison Manual in 1959 ) . |
| 4 | All the same Meredith began to pay some attention to the girl . |
| 5 | However he or she can not disregard interests and factions within his or her own party , and will obviously give some attention to the competence of those appointed . |
| 6 | She knew that she ought to be paying some attention to the rest of the class but she was altogether too excited to let the matter rest . |
| 7 | That left Jack and me to pay some attention to the history of the place . |
| 8 | A class doing a study on " water " , for instance , might need to give some attention to the history of water supplies in their area , or to look at past epidemics of cholera and typhoid , to prove that clean water is vital for good health . |
| 9 | Jackson did promise some attention to the matter but it seems that nothing was granted . |
| 10 | Whatever the shape of your kitchen , it is worth giving some attention to the decoration and accessories to create a distinctive style . |
| 11 | With figures like these , analyses of textual pleasures are not enough ; some attention to the context in which the texts are produced , reproduced and circulated is necessary . |
| 12 | That said , the drinks sector seemed relieved that the Chancellor has paid some attention to the risk of driving business across the Channel to the Calais supermarkets , the building sector was prepared to look for possible beneficiaries from the approval the Chancellor has given to rail links in South-east England , oil benefited from the abolition of PRT on new North Sea fields , the motor trade seemed to take the threat of fuel taxes in excess of inflation in its stride , and WH Smith reflected a sense of relief that VAT has not been extended to books and newspapers . |
| 13 | At this point it is necessary that we pay some attention to the phrase ‘ rational and perfect economic environment ’ . |
| 14 | It was still necessary for planning to pay sensible attention to the need to provide essential public services economically , but modern industrial undertakings had to be prepared to conduct their businesses in a way which minimised ugliness and to accept any reasonable cost involved in making their buildings , plant and operations acceptable to public opinion . |
| 15 | It was vital here to pay proper attention to every step , or the river would claim forfeit . |
| 16 | We may even suspect — and that would be the greatest pity of all — that we should be spared the severe reprimands of Professor Badian for all our sins of omission and commission in not giving proper attention to the difference between conquering Gaul and subjugating Greece . |
| 17 | Although the civil rights strategy could not have been adopted by republicans without the approval of the leadership of the IRA — and Roy Johnston stressed the importance of its involvement in the Maghera meeting of 1966 — — this does not mean that the army council initiated the setting up of NICRA or that it paid any detailed attention to the work being done by republicans within the association . |
| 18 | The House has given a great deal of detailed attention to the Bill , and the promoters and the petitioners have devoted a great deal of time and effort to the case . |
| 19 | These matters must be weighed before detailed attention to the style and content of the message can be made . |
| 20 | The following Sunday Pat Muldoon stood in what had formerly been his local church at Gross Pointe , Michigan , and sang to the heavens , ‘ If I can help somebody , as I go along , then my living will not be in vain … . ’ without paying the slightest attention to the meaning of the words . |
| 21 | Technical development , intensive development , research and rigorous attention to every detail were what paid off . |
| 22 | An occasional word from an adult visitor may , if appropriate , direct attention to the problem and its solution . |
| 23 | This section examines the current law relating to the duty of directors to devote adequate attention to the company 's affairs and to carry out their functions competently . |
| 24 | a ) The need for further attention to the footway on the north side of Lanark Road from the junction of Baberton Avenue to a point east of the Candy Box where , even after a moderate fall of rain , pools form . |
| 25 | It is to be hoped that the Christie 's show will help draw further attention to the collection and its plight . |
| 26 | Two incidents had drawn public attention to the Directorate in October : the first on Oct. 9 concerned an armed relative of Khasbulatov who was arrested by the police but released without charge ; the second was a shooting incident on Oct. 20 , involving police and three members of the Directorate . |
| 27 | I think she did a marvellous job in really getting public attention to the situation and to the difficulties of the flats . |
| 28 | We think it 's the only way we can actually show the seriousness with which we believe we are being criminalised and persecuted , and in order to draw public attention to the need to change these laws . |
| 29 | Before you accept a seemingly glamorous offer of a job abroad , however , it is important to pay careful attention to a number of legal and practical points . |
| 30 | These are his empiricism and humanism , and what we can call his organicist insistence on close reading , on careful attention to every detail of a literary text , on the principle that the text , like a living organism , functions through the interaction of all its constituent parts . |