Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] focus on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To date , research has focused on the most obvious feature of living things : cell multiplication . |
| 2 | Much research has focused on the messages coming from plasmid DNA which somehow codes for new versions of DHFR , subtle altered in shape ( stereochemistry ) , to prevent the TMP performing its task of inhibiting the active site . |
| 3 | Much recent research has focused on the degrees of co-operation and collusion between the mass media and those with the power to impress their own definitions of the world onto the practices of news organizations . |
| 4 | Most research has focused on the effects of aerobic exercise such as running and swimming , with the conclusion that low intensity aerobic exercise during low risk pregnancy is safe . |
| 5 | Most research has focused on the role of local authority managers ( Gray 1976a ; Phillips and Williams 1982a ) and building society activities ( P. R. Williams 1976 , 1978 ; Boddy 1976 , 1980 ) . |
| 6 | Historically this research has focused on the role of technological innovations as a source of competitive advantage , but more recent efforts suggest that a marketing orientation is strongly associated with corporate success . |
| 7 | Much of the existing research has focussed on the internal adaptations of the firm to the introduction of new technology . |
| 8 | Massively symbolized by the uniform itself , as Douglas ( 1973 : 16 ) indicates , this obsession tends to focus on the body , for ‘ the more value people set on social constraints , the more value they set on symbols of bodily control ’ . |
| 9 | Whereas the disorder associated with violent demonstrations , riots or industrial confrontation tends to focus on the defence or assertion of ‘ rights ’ which are perceived as being violated or denied , football hooliganism is an issueless form of activity , pursued primarily for pleasure and excitement , and to achieve the status and respect of one 's peers . |
| 10 | The President managed to focus on the free hand Trent proffered . |
| 11 | Since her one-year Fellowship as artist-in-residence at the Liverpool Tate Gallery , in 1990 , Godfrey-Isaacs work has focussed on the body ; exploring the minutiae of tissue and fissure , she writes her findings large in uncompromising , heavily worked , and brightly coloured canvases . |
| 12 | Recent work has focused on the gastrin acid secretion feedback loop and identified a number of potential pathogenetic pathways . |
| 13 | Our campaign has focused on the infantry because it is that part of the army which is most stretched . |
| 14 | With current account performance playing the dominant role in determining the demand for and supply of currencies , attention became focused on the relative competitiveness of each country 's goods and services in international markets . |
| 15 | In more recent years , as the first nuclear stations near the end of their working lives , attention has focused on the waste created when a nuclear power station is shut down for good , the process called decommissioning ( see Chapter Six ) . |
| 16 | Although much attention has focused on the number of people out of work in recent years , less attention has been given to the number of family members who are also affected . |
| 17 | As the recession has deepened , so greater attention has focused on the issue of the late payment of debt . |
| 18 | Until recently , attention has focused on the measurement and disclosure issues associated with representational faithfulness and neutrality . |
| 19 | With regard to the latter , most attention has focused on the inositol phosphates , InsP 3 and InsP 4 ( refs. 9 , 10 ) . |
| 20 | Rather , attention has focused on the issue of subject choice . |
| 21 | Within this research area , particular attention has focused on the expansion of Britain 's slave-based Atlantic trades and their contribution to early British industrialisation in the eighteenth century . |
| 22 | The nature of any factors within the colonic lumen that may be responsible for either the initiation or continuation of inflammation remains unknown but recent attention has focused on the possible role of flora associated with the mucosa . |
| 23 | So far as the production of documents is concerned much attention has focussed on the words ‘ particular documents specified in the order ’ . |
| 24 | Spike 's one eye tried to focus on the movements occurring in front of him . |
| 25 | Bradford CAB has focused on the advice needs of mentally handicapped people through a unique project now funded by Bradford Metropolitan Council . |
| 26 | Gartner has focused on the mid-range — apart from the money it has to spend on consultancy one assumes — because it believes the ‘ heritage of open systems has been to solve mid-range problems . ’ |
| 27 | Entitled ‘ Enterprise Re-Engineering Using Next Generation Applications , ’ the seminar promises to focus on the business desktop , born-again CASE , object-orientation , client-server , development strategies and productivity and databases . |
| 28 | Related research in this area has focussed on the views of information systems managers only , and generally , has not taken into account the views of a range of managers . |
| 29 | The main debate within planning has focused on the first of these types of development . |
| 30 | In any event , the real debate has focused on the question of how the ‘ paternalistic ’ or protective role should be shared between parents and state . |