Example sentences of "concentrate on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This generation , not having directly experienced large populations of immigrant , foreign-looking Jews , will abandon the preoccupations of former leaders and will encourage fascist parties to concentrate on prejudices for which there might be direct electoral advantage . |
| 2 | He had slept little these past three and a half weeks , often waking of his own accord in the pre-dawn darkness and walking through to his personal study to attempt to concentrate on papers of state . |
| 3 | Many times it appears to be used so that other qualities of the work — the wide assortment of materials it might be constructed of , say , or the way it is attached to the wall — can take centre stage , much in the way that a black and white photograph allows you to concentrate on matters otherwise obscured or de-emphasized by colour . |
| 4 | Such bodies could ease the burden on central government and so help it to concentrate on matters of national importance . |
| 5 | I have chosen to concentrate on Women Artists 1850–1940 . |
| 6 | It was intended , not to concentrate on women as an object of interest , but to compare the experiences of men and women , to look for difference and similarity . |
| 7 | As well , there is a strike force to concentrate on singles . |
| 8 | As a result senior executives tend to concentrate on operations rather than on policy and direction . |
| 9 | If er , scientists and his team works on a , or think they are on to a discovery or something that needs researching , can get , the necessary funding , office , or firms that they benefit , say this in the previous paragraph , that 's fine , but to concentrate on topics which are I do n't think that happens . |
| 10 | If a horse shies , he is fundamentally ignoring the rider 's inside leg , so rather than worrying about the horse shying , it is more important to concentrate on exercises which make the horse move away from the leg such as leg-yield , shoulder-in , enlarging and decreasing the circle . |
| 11 | ITALY 'S heavyweight opera star Luciano Pavarotti yesterday dismissed reports that he plans to quit opera to concentrate on recitals . |
| 12 | People do tend , I think rather superficially , to concentrate on figures and relationships between the figures , whereas what really matters is the concept behind them and I think a financier could be somebody who is awfully bad at arithmetic , but does understand the concepts . |
| 13 | He hoped eventually to concentrate on diseases of the mind so he was constantly analysing people 's actions . |
| 14 | Its contribution was to concentrate on factors outside of the criminal justice system that control the natural human tendency towards deviance . |
| 15 | They tend to concentrate on policies that would help women follow the same age-related career path as men . |
| 16 | Today 's meeting of the TUC-unions — NUPE , Cohse , TGWU , GMB , and Nalgo — is likely to concentrate on efforts to sustain support for the action through the Christmas period . |
| 17 | It has therefore been decided to concentrate on purchases in certain areas known to be of importance in Scotland rather than attempt to purchase small amounts in all scientific disciplines . |
| 18 | ‘ Our best developed areas are those which deal with the elaboration of motor skills made possible by our hands , while cetaceans seem to concentrate on areas of social perception . |
| 19 | This is what the evidence suggests since , while the tempo of mergers and acquisitions ( both domestic and cross-border ) has been rising rapidly , it is also apparent that some industries have been engaged in divesting themselves of activities which are peripheral or difficult to manage in order to concentrate on areas of strength . |
| 20 | He is unable to concentrate on forms and reports because the words he reads undergo illicit manipulations that , like the pun , involve slippage and linguistic re-synthesis : |
| 21 | It was such a success that she decided to concentrate on fairs rather than open a shop . |
| 22 | The Secretary of State is anxious to concentrate on rebates to do something for those who will by hit be the property tax , but the Minister has scorned property taxes and is determined to weight the tax in favour of the better-off . |
| 23 | But others may see his move as evidence of a desire to use the election campaign to concentrate on moves towards reunification with East Germany . |
| 24 | Where this is impossible , an alternative approach is to concentrate on studies of variation in breeding success within cohorts but , even here , problems will arise if breeding success is consistently related to longevity . |
| 25 | It would not be lawful for a grant maintained school to reject children with special needs who were otherwise eligible for admission but it is impossible to legislate against the temptation to work towards greater academic activity or to concentrate on subjects which are regarded as prestigious by the potential client group . |
| 26 | Are you going to concentrate on collections of herbs each with a theme ? |
| 27 | With tight budgets , most SSDs have naturally tended to concentrate on clients with higher levels of need . |
| 28 | It has been a mistake of many developments in MIS to concentrate on solutions in the form of computer packages such as Schools Information and Management Systems ( SIMS ) in the school sector or Further Education Management Information System ( FEMIS ) in the FE sector . |
| 29 | Where numbers , and options , are reduced , the need to concentrate on essentials is the more compelling . |
| 30 | They tend to concentrate on manufacturers ' most popular brands |