Example sentences of "[verb] been the focus [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gallery at the regional Architecture Centre has been the focus for much of the region 's activity with an attractive and well supported series of exhibitions . |
| 2 | The Dobermann has been the focus of much controversy since being introduced to Britain 50 years ago |
| 3 | This summer it was the scene of the first mass occupation of a plant by strikers in the USA since the 1930s , and has been the focus of much of the non-violent direct action during the seven-month strike . |
| 4 | One concept which has been the focus of much debate in evaluating efficiency is that of the ‘ Quality Adjusted Life Year ’ or QALY developed by the health economist , Alan Williams . |
| 5 | The concept of incest has been the focus of much anthropological study , and by introducing this third variable Todd is able to identify seven family types , which are listed in table 3.1 Within families where the spouses are determined by custom there are two sub-types : in the endogamous community family , there is equality between brothers in matters of inheritance , married sons cohabit with their parents , and there is frequently marriage between the children of brothers ; whereas in asymmetrical community families the first two conditions also hold but marriages between the children of brothers are prohibited , although there may be a preference for marriage between the children of brothers and sisters . |
| 6 | That has been the focus of this course and we hope we have managed to provide a framework for practice within which this can be achieved . |
| 7 | Recently , this rapidly moving and multifaceted subject has been the focus of several comprehensive state-of-the-art texts such as Immunology of Pregnancy edited by G. Chaouat ( CRC , 1993 ) and The Immune System in Disease edited by G. M. Stirrat and J. R. Scott ( Baillière Tindall , 1992 ) . |
| 8 | This is a topic which has been the focus of some scholarly discussion , partly because Leonardo himself is known to have visited the city in 1500 , but mainly because Vasari , in the second edition of the Lives , stated that Giorgione had been greatly impressed by some unspecified works of Leonardo 's which he had seen . |
| 9 | This was clearly a campaign base concerned with both east-west and north-south operations , but it does not seem to have been the focus for any civilian development . |
| 10 | The nature of these indicators , and related concepts of efficiency , effectiveness and economy have been the focus of much debate . |
| 11 | None of the peptides from the three sporozoite antigens , which have been the focus of most previous work , elicited CTL responses . |