Example sentences of "his attention to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Frenchman sat next to her , assiduous in his attentions to her needs , enquiring whether she would like more of this or that , whilst periodically paying her what he evidently considered rather dashing compliments . |
| 2 | Ventris died before he had had the time to turn his attentions to Linear A , about which he is reported to have had some initial ideas . |
| 3 | But Leeds boss Doug Laughton , knowing that Lindner would not be available until early November because of the World Cup final , switched his attentions to Iro . |
| 4 | Of course care has to be taken that the aggressive male does not turn his attentions to other occupants and if this is the case then he will have to be removed and if it is still the intention to breed the pair , then the divided tank method , with one fish in either half , will have to be considered . |
| 5 | Had he confined his attentions to the Austrian provinces and Bohemia the story might have been very different ; but the nationalism of the Hungarians ( or at least their ruling class ) and the ingrained particularist conservatism of the Netherlands provinces , above all Brabant , proved too much for him . |
| 6 | I ca n't understand why Roman Wyatt has turned his attentions to Dana , and I do n't like the way he 's stolen her from us . ’ |
| 7 | It certainly threw Quigley , because he turned his attentions to me . |
| 8 | When the older girl discovered she was pregnant , the man turned his attentions to her sister , who had a baby boy by him , said Bernard Gateshill , prosecuting . |
| 9 | Sergeant Bramble turned his attention to the kettle . |
| 10 | He had done his initial research on jane Austen , but since then had turned his attention to topics as varied as medieval sermons , Elizabethan sonnet sequences , Restoration heroic tragedy , eighteenth-century broadsides , the novels of William Godwin , the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and premonitions of the Theatre of the Absurd in the plays of George Bernard Shaw . |
| 11 | Frank Field , Labour MP for Birkenhead and also an Anglican , said Dr Runcie was right to attack government polices but he should also direct his attention to the Church , which was ‘ self-righteousness on stilts ’ . |
| 12 | The marketer must therefore turn his attention to how to identify these factors so as to be able to construct an effective strategy . |
| 13 | With widening horizons , it was inevitable that Conran would turn his attention to expansion abroad . |
| 14 | Confining his attention to private-sector issues , Cuckney was in no doubt about what his priorities were . |
| 15 | His artistic career began with a series of paintings based on the thirteenth-century sculpture of the elegant countess of Uta on the façade of Naumburg cathedral , a photograph of which had been lent to him by the young artist Vlady , but in the late fifties he turned his attention to Spanish art . |
| 16 | Karl turned and walked back along the other side of the garden , although this time Erika did not draw his attention to the words of Josef Stalin paying tribute to glorious workers , doctors , nurses , and so on . |
| 17 | So the professor turned his attention to Diana , and invited her to play the piano . |
| 18 | Turning his attention to Mr Havel , the Prime Minister said , ‘ It is the government 's opinion that there is no alternative [ to him ] . ’ |
| 19 | Airlines attracted the attention of corporate buccaneers like Carl Icahn who was to turn his attention to that icon of American might USX ( the former United Steel ) . |
| 20 | He considered the arrogant , attractive , knowing face again and put the photo down , shifting his attention to Catherine 's pale , classic beauty . |
| 21 | He returned his attention to his wife . |
| 22 | ‘ The President grunted and turned his attention to McGillicuddy . |
| 23 | He turned his attention to the troops , who under the quick thinking extemporisation of their Sergeant were once again in some semblance of order . |
| 24 | He believed that God was drawing his attention to this particular message from Scripture and that O'Neill was a harbinger of the troubles that lay ahead . |
| 25 | Culshaw , who knew Karajan better than any of these armchair pundits , noted that since Karajan had never been interested in interpretation for interpretation 's sake — which perhaps helps explain why his readings often outlast those of more ‘ personalized ’ rivals — he naturally diverted his attention to new projects , musical , technological , scientific , logistical , until circumstances or new thinking drew him back to the central repertoire that he had recorded earlier , with other orchestras , other technology . |
| 26 | If England feared Spain , for the Scottish Protestants Henri II became a very present menace ; for through his daughter-in-law Mary he might turn his attention to the Calvinists in Scotland as well as those in France . |
| 27 | He soon turned his attention to the districts which had been put out of the forest earlier in the reign . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , Dury continues to devote his attention to A Jovial Crew , which opens on April 21 . |
| 29 | With the support of Shearman , District Chairman until 1936 when he was appointed as National Education Officer for the WEA , Jacques turned his attention to seeking co-operative relationships with LEAs who were beginning to expand provision of adult education through the establishment of evening institutes , mostly accommodated in secondary schools . |
| 30 | As he turned his attention to a woman who was fumbling with her purse , I ducked my head and squeezed behind her through the door and into the crowded bus . |