Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] focus on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All my attention focused on the commissioning fee , which I regarded as derisory . |
| 2 | It turned from the storm and from those inside the office block ; its need focusing on the ruined corpse that lay on the pavement next to it . |
| 3 | Their resentment focused on the way industry seemed to be benefiting at their expense . |
| 4 | Their resentment focused on the way industry seemed to be benefiting at their expense and they blamed the Finance Ministry 's favouritism towards industry for the plight — and the restiveness — of the peasantry . |
| 5 | His research focuses on the social insects , especially bees as pollinators . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As both are determinedly anti-Maastricht our conversation focused on the inevitable . |