Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] focus on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These rather artificial bridges from one group of questions to another are useful for keeping the candidate 's mind focused on the right area of response and for helping the interviewer see his/her way through the prearranged structure of the interview . |
| 2 | This year 's festival focuses on the Norwegian composer , Edward Grieg , as 1993 also marks the 150th anniversary of his birth . |
| 3 | Beth 's attention focused on the girl now , slim , her hair more fair than dark , but fine like Maisie 's . |
| 4 | Concern about the outlook for Mr Gonzalez 's policy focuses on the attitude of not only businessmen , but also union bosses who control the dominant right wing of the ruling Peronist mass movement , and large swathes of Argentina 's obstructive bureaucracy . |
| 5 | Similarly in 69 , which has eleven instances of Thou and none of I , the analysis of the Friend 's misbehaviour focuses on the discrepancy between his outward beauty ( ‘ thy fair flower ’ ) and his mind and action ( ‘ the rank smell of weeds ’ ) , an inconsistency given more biting expression by the double pun in the couplet : ‘ But why thy odour matcheth not thy show , /The soil is this — that thou dost common grow . ’ |
| 6 | The engineers ' criticism focuses on the possible consequences of a gas build-up , which , they claim , had not been sufficiently considered by the dump 's designers , nuclear waste authority Nirex . |