Example sentences of "the [noun sg] focus on the " in BNC.

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1 At present resources are limited , but there are courses and retreats which offer the opportunity to focus on the spiritual and emotional aspects of HIV in the safety of a non-judgmental and totally confidential environment .
2 Now that we have video in the classroom the opportunity to focus on the visual is clearly there , so should we attempt to include it in a systematic way ?
3 The enthnography focused on the activity of Loyalist marching bands .
4 The decision to focus on the fur trade follows the demise last month of the pressure group Lynx , which went into voluntary liquidation after losing a libel case against a mink farmer .
5 The course focussed on the making of stick chairs , using the traditional rounder planes reintroduced by the late Fred Lambert and described by Bob Wearing in Woodworker for February 1988 .
6 The chapter focuses on the effect on this pattern of recent efforts to make the enterprises more ‘ commercially oriented ’ .
7 The research focuses on the idea that the time taken by people to identify objects can help to indicate the mental processes involved in object identification .
8 The research focuses on the interactions between the political system and the industrial relations system ; that is , the size of the public sector and the welfare state , the strength electorally of social democratic and left parties , and the participation in government of left parties are all taken into account in trying to explain strike activity .
9 The research focuses on the evident tension in health economics between the ‘ pure ’ and the ‘ applied ’ , the ‘ theoretical ’ and the ‘ practical ’ , and the ‘ correct ’ and the ‘ useful ’ .
10 During the model building process , the research focuses on the development of a number of typologies concerning home type , resident characteristics , and staff ‘ culture ’ , and draws upon both quantitative and qualitative material .
11 In tackling the serious problem of rural poverty , the Kenyan Government has advocated a Basic Needs approach to development and the research focuses on the ability of the schemes to improve standards of living for the rural poor .
12 In particular , the research focuses on the value of cable television to local authorities — eg , as infrastructural investment , as an instrument of ‘ community building ’ .
13 The study focused on the potentially collaborative act of deciding to transfer a patient from the ICU to an area of less intense care , and took place in a 17 bed ICU in a large American university hospital .
14 Accordingly , the study focuses on the cross-sectional properties of some key financial indicators that are constructed from accounting data .
15 The study focuses on the 11-14 age group and the methods employed to investigate the processes of occupational choice include questionnaires to children and parents , and interviews with children .
16 The study focuses on the processes by which people try to understand information from various sources about
17 The screenplay focuses on the incongruous and interdependent friendship between a dimwitted stud and a petty con man .
18 The review focused on the legal nature of the transfer of the lease pools from IBM to the grantor trusts and the insulation of the trusts from a potential IBM bankruptcy , it said .
19 Only when the dream focuses on the attempt to make a movement is the problem apparent .
20 Paraphrase : The question focuses on the rise of the Labour party 1906–24 as a reason for the decline of the Liberal party .
21 The conference focused on the problem of migratory fish stocks , preyed on by deep sea fleets outside individual countries ' 200-mile exclusive economic zones .
22 Section Two moves outside the classroom to focus on the full-scale drama project , guiding the teacher through the whole process with valuable suggestions and clear instructions .
23 The final possible design configurations shows the process focused on the scheming stage ( see Figure 1.7 ) .
24 Whilst the heads do not represent a legally binding document , the drafting process for the heads will tend to assist the progress of the deal by enabling yourselves and the vendor to focus on the key issues .
25 Indeed , it requires some effort to keep the attention focused on the music and its words and on God .
26 The attention focussed on the to infinitive has led to some important generalizations .
27 In another respect , the desire to focus on the physical experience of labourers raises a deeper issue .
28 The goods in the window , and other materials used to enhance the display , should create lines which lead the eye to focus on the products .
29 There , paradoxically , the complex of reasons had included the need to focus on the interests of minorities and avoid racism : presumably Una Marson 's poems would have been safe with them .
30 If a magazine is entirely devoted to Software Editorial and Reviews then the need to focus on the detail increases with it .
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