Example sentences of "[to-vb] attention to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plans are now in motion to stage exhibitions featuring paintings from the collection in the Museum and Art Gallery in the city centre , where they are certain to attract attention to the University 's artistic riches and forge a new link between town and gown . |
| 2 | In this communication I wish to draw attention to a substance present in the tissues and secretions of the body , which is capable of rapidly dissolving certain bacteria . |
| 3 | Talking too much has the additional disadvantage that you may end up revealing more than you intended , especially if you do not want to draw attention to a lack of relevant expertise , or a past unhappy work experience . |
| 4 | Editor , — As one of the two speakers criticised in Council by Mr John Chawner for saying that schemes for tax relief on child care were non-starters and a waste of health service money perhaps I may be allowed to draw attention to a debate earlier that day . |
| 5 | Rather , it is a vehicle which allows a Member to draw attention to a cause which he wishes to promote . |
| 6 | Rather than examining the visibility of women in all the various types of sociological analyses of power , I am going instead simply to draw attention to an area in which the undoubted social power of women has not been considered at all . |
| 7 | Here I want to draw attention to an article by Beverle Houston , ‘ Viewing television : the metapsychology of endless consumption ’ , which seems to me to be one of the few serious attempts to theorize television subjectivity , and one which deserves more attention . |
| 8 | Sir , — I write to draw attention to an inaccuracy in the headline and the first paragraph of your report on the consultation document for specialist designatory letters in your December 1992 issue ( Specialists to get Institute recognition , p 11 ) . |
| 9 | To draw attention to the hospitality provided at his inn Freeth issued printed invitation cards , written in verse . |
| 10 | Ralph Howell was the first politician to draw attention to the narrowness of the gap between the income of many low-wage earners when in work , and their benefit entitlement when they were without a job . |
| 11 | It is , moreover , to draw attention to the way in which depictions that purport to portray individuals and which become associated with disintegration unleash narratives of global fragmentation . |
| 12 | In 1967 John Rowe Townsend felt it necessary to draw attention to the return of heavy-handed didacticism in children 's books , and critical evaluations of them . |
| 13 | That was an eloquent and honest speech by the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills ( Mr. Shepherd ) and he is right to draw attention to the savagery of the guillotine on this measure . |
| 14 | So , for example , a new fibre-tipped pen , in a range of such pens offered by a newcomer to the market , may be sold at a loss in order to draw attention to the range as a whole , and to establish a share of the total market . |
| 15 | He is right to draw attention to the hypocrisy of those local authorities , as he has described it . |
| 16 | Currie himself squatted in the house to draw attention to the case . |
| 17 | Yes Chairman erm , I 'm , I should like to draw attention to the paragraph three , two and wonder what happened to three , three , because er we see it goes from my copy goes from three , two , to three , four , so er I do n't know whether there is anything in three , three that I have forgotten , but I , I assume now that I which they 're are two other . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the connection between the maintenance of a democratic system and a change in economic structures . |
| 19 | They will write letters on behalf of their ‘ twin ’ to try and uncover their whereabouts and to draw attention to the plight of ‘ disappeared ’ people . |
| 20 | The major trials which followed the movement ‘ to the people ’ were used with great skill by the accused and their defence lawyers to expose the incompetence and brutality of the police , to draw attention to the plight of the peasantry , and to win sympathy for the wretched poverty of many students . |
| 21 | Delivering 40,000 ice cubes to the minister , representing the extra number of people who die each winter compared with the number of deaths during the summer , the Campaign for Cold Weather Credits hopes to draw attention to the plight of the poor and the elderly . |
| 22 | And Michael Balcon , now convinced that making big-budget films to please the Americans was a sure way for the British film industry to commit suicide , began a campaign through the Cinematograph Films Council to draw attention to the amount of control Rank , with his dangerous policies , now had over the film industry . |
| 23 | The report , leaked to BBC local radio station CWR in Coventry , said : ‘ A series of clues were available to the shift maintenance manager to draw attention to the use of incorrect bolts but all went un-noticed or unheeded . ’ |
| 24 | The use of white wallpaper mounted on dark backing paper gives good contrast and helps to draw attention to the material displayed . |
| 25 | Osborne , who is Professor of Music at Edinburgh University , conceived this imaginative and daring project ‘ to draw attention to the courage of musicians and the artistic community of Sarajevo by offering the solidarity and support of musicians throughout the world ’ . |
| 26 | The Committee for Other Faiths suggests/proposes that a Bidding Prayer be included at Mass on the Sundays in January 1993 to draw attention to the centenary year , and also on Sunday , 24th October , to make our people aware of the need to be involved . |
| 27 | Yet it is not enough merely to draw attention to the growth of what Marx called the ‘ light cavalry ’ of capitalism , without also observing a significant distinction within the developed countries ; or more precisely between the Old and New Worlds . |
| 28 | To focus upon the processes of characterization is to draw attention to the definition of act or event , and interaction between potential deviant and enforcement agent . |
| 29 | My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the pattern of killing involving those who are described as collaborators . |
| 30 | That is why , only last year , we were involved in the eye awareness campaign with the profession to draw attention to the importance of people ensuring that their eyesight is checked . |