Example sentences of "attention focus on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the beginning of Odour of Chrysanthemums , Lawrence 's general plan is similar to that of Conrad in The Secret Sharer : he presents a setting , following a path of unfolding detail until the scene is evoked in all its particularity , and then moves our attention to focus on the predicament of humanity within that setting . |
| 2 | Much attention focused on the aggressive personality of the virulent Marxist , Arthur Scargill , a Yorkshireman who had succeeded the moderate , Joe Gormley , as president of the NUM in 1982 . |
| 3 | The early British sites were neglected as relics of unimagined savagery while attention focused on the scramble for antiquities in the Near East and the securing of the best prizes , like the Rosetta Stone , for the British Museum . |
| 4 | The suggestion of sleep is only a metaphor ; the subject does not actually drop off but keeps his attention focused on the hypnotist 's words instead . |
| 5 | Attention focused on the bond market after the Government raised Pounds 1.3bn by selling off part of its debt in BT and the privatised utilities . |
| 6 | When work on the engine bay was completed , attention focused on the cockpit areas . |
| 7 | All my attention focused on the commissioning fee , which I regarded as derisory . |
| 8 | Beth 's attention focused on the girl now , slim , her hair more fair than dark , but fine like Maisie 's . |
| 9 | Indeed , it requires some effort to keep the attention focused on the music and its words and on God . |
| 10 | The invasion , which was only admitted by the government at the beginning of January , was reported to have been launched on Dec. 22 to take advantage of the international attention focused on the area as the competitors in the Paris to Cape Town motor rally passed through . |
| 11 | Instead attention focused on the delivery and organisation of health services . |
| 12 | Attention focuses on the role of foreign workers in the emerging oil industry . |
| 13 | When his Ireland team was whitewashed in ‘ 86 , attention focussed on the coach . |
| 14 | A year ago world attention focussed on the town of Halabja in Iraq Kurdistan after 5,000 people were killed and 10,000 were injured — mainly women and children — during a mustard and nerve gas attack on March 16 , 1988 . |
| 15 | The attention focussed on the to infinitive has led to some important generalizations . |