Example sentences of "focus on one " in BNC.

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1 MANY mothers agreed with Helen Bullock that men can only focus on one thing at a time .
2 You should then focus on one academic session , normally much less than a full twelve-month period .
3 The project will focus on one such small firm being part of a large ‘ buyer-supplier 's network centred on the Northern Ireland airframe component manufacturing sector .
4 Adult cancers focus on one part of the body : the lungs or the colon , for example .
5 While it is true that different assessment procedures usually focus on one or other of these different aspects of language , this is a reflection on the recent history of psycholinguistic research and ought not be taken to imply that assessment is best carried out by focusing on discrete areas .
6 In what follows , we focus on one particular modern vowel system , that of Belfast vernacular .
7 Most questions focus on one word , all you have to do is to find the correct word or phrase to match it .
8 Focus on one Partner
9 Students explore the history of Christianity in its social , political and cultural context , and focus on one of the following areas : the early Church ; the Reformation ; Christianity in Scotland since the Reformation ; the Churches in nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland ; Christianity , race and slavery in the nineteenth century .
10 Habits and patterns of work can become more disorganized : people may be unable to focus on one task because all the other things to be done keep crowding in ; at the end of a very busy day little seems to have been accomplished .
11 It is the aim of this study , in order to maximize this advantage , to focus on one area of financial regulation — the Chinese Wall — where law and economics do interface and where their intersection is one of clear economic dimensions .
12 To avoid confusion we need some sort of structure which allows us to focus on one thing at a time .
13 Imperialism focused on one or two natural resources , thus creating a homogeneous agricultural proletariat , all doing the same labouring job .
14 ‘ It would be really cool if everybody was up there in the photos , ’ says Neneh , ‘ but the slightly tacky side of the pop star stuff is that it 's all focused on one person . ’
15 Then there are the difficulties that both practitioners and policy makers face in utilizing research which is often focused on one particular field or issue when in reality , they have to make choices between different options .
16 Indeed , access of only a few P. falciparum antigens to class I molecules , and the tendency of CTL responses to be focused on one or few foreign antigens , as observed in some other infections , may tend to magnify HLA class I differences in malaria susceptibility : LSA-1 is abundant within the parasitophorous vacuole .
17 The chapter has focused on one group of women in poverty , scanning the research literature for information on mothers in low-income households .
18 Although industrial conflict occurs across a wide range of behaviour , there can be little doubt of the massive amount of attention focused on one of its forms : strikes .
19 Previous work has focused on one or a small number of these activities , such as idea generation ; screening or development work proper .
20 Although we must recognize the limits of a study focusing on one city , the results are , perhaps , startling , and of considerable interest .
21 ‘ The system works through eight black boxes , each focusing on one colour harmony , ’ explains Lorna , who bought her franchise 18 months ago for £10,000 ( plus VAT ) .
22 It will do this through focusing on one particular area of teaching common to many primary schools : that of project or topic work .
23 And , in addition , there are dozens of other autonomous voluntary groups , many operating only in one locality , launched by the enthusiasm of a single initiator , as well as certain quite large national organizations focusing on one type of disorder , such as Alcoholics Anonymous .
24 ‘ But the thrust of our approach is to start at home , focusing on one thing at a time rather than confusing ourselves by trying to do everything at once — which is a major reason why 85 per cent of organisations trying to do something in this area fail to get it right .
25 In this sense , the play focussed on one of the key issues concerning mental handicap ; whether , if faced with life with a handicapped child , parents will be able to accept it and cope .
26 Our lives become focussed on one aim .
27 Trainees are focussed on one skill at a time , in a step by step programme .
28 Focussing on one tiny segment of the statistics of abundance , let us examine corporation presidents and millionaires .
29 He 's sold his private jet ; he 's focussing on one job ; winning the world crown .
30 You must have noticed things out of the corner of your eye every day of your life — this is very similar , and the ability vanishes as soon as the eye focuses on one object .
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