Example sentences of "[to-vb] attention from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bentley Mulsanne — this was an inspiration of the Secretary 's to distract attention from the noises off — had come nosing its way from behind the South Stand . |
| 2 | Asked to comment on the Independent 's report that Libyan terrorists had put the bomb aboard Flight 103 by means of an unaccompanied bag sent from Malta , Aviv himself thought it was yet another attempt to distract attention from the truth . |
| 3 | It arose after the victory of Tannenberg , as a deliberate attempt by the German General Staff to distract attention from the failure of the Schlieffen plan in the west , and to associate themselves with Hindenburg 's triumph . |
| 4 | At first glance , the association of holism with their strongly materialist brand of Marxism might seem to prejudice the discussion : the very distinctiveness of its explanatory categories might seem to distract attention from the matter in hand . |
| 5 | Her height served to distract attention from the power in her calves and biceps . |
| 6 | The Justice Department has similar Guidelines setting out the situations in which vertical restraints are likely to attract attention from the authorities . |
| 7 | The " Hallelujah lasses " had been used to raising their own voices in protest and employing some fairly dramatic methods to attract attention from the time Catherine Booth took up the cudgels on behalf of women in the early days of the movement . |
| 8 | A group move is likely to attract attention from the media . |
| 9 | THE latest steam locomotive to receive attention from the Midland Railway Centre 's Locomotive Restoration Workshops is 73129 , which was one of the last engines to be constructed by the Derby Locomotive Works in 1956 . |
| 10 | In addition you will need to decide whether you want a type that will act as a further embellishment of your scheme or one that blends insignificantly into the background in order not to detract attention from the curtains themselves . |
| 11 | It is partly because they are desperate to divert attention from the recession — which they created , from which they can not escape and which will lose them the election — and partly because they are desperate to conceal the enormity of what they have done in wilfully impoverishing the poorer half of the nation . |
| 12 | Alternatively , you may be commenting on my handling of the revolution , ’ Mait said , grinning in exhilaration , ‘ playing both sides off against the middle to divert attention from the construction of all this . ’ |
| 13 | In order not to divert attention from the components of performance of the total of recognised gains and losses for the period , if included as a primary statement , the reconciliation should be shown separately from the statement of total recognised gains and losses . |
| 14 | ‘ Try to tell me again , Lacuna , ’ she asked , attempting to divert attention from the battle on the planet ‘ What exactly is Pool ? ’ |
| 15 | In such ‘ solo ’ or ‘ quasi solo ’ passages , the accompaniment is best kept very simple , so as not to divert attention from the melody . |
| 16 | The Jordanian government denied that there were any attacks and accused the Israelis of opening fire on Jordan to divert attention from the intifada . |
| 17 | It could be an insurance plan so described to divert attention from the front-end and other charges which will absorb much , maybe all , of the first year 's ‘ savings , ’ and it could be five years or more , on any reasonable projection of performance , before you are likely to see even your original money back . |
| 18 | THE INDIAN government tried yesterday to deflect attention from the Bofors corruption scandal by linking one of the fiercest opposition critics of Rajiv Gandhi , the Prime Minister , with shady financial dealing . |
| 19 | He alleged the ‘ deliberate distortion ’ was employed to deflect attention from the Dublin Government 's ‘ ambivalent attitude to terrorism ’ . |
| 20 | It was not unusual for a direct appeal to be made in a memorial text to casual passers-by , or for visually impressive and even amusing monuments to command attention from the side of a road . |