Example sentences of "concentrate [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as the bitter winter weather approaches , I should like to concentrate my speech on the basic problem of enabling people to find shelter so that hon. Members do not again have to face the awful reality of stepping around people huddled under snow-covered tarpaulins , lying in shop doorways in the streets of our city . |
| 2 | Lindsey concentrated her gaze on the monitor screen she had flicked into life . |
| 3 | Ada Neumann shook her head in resignation and once again concentrated her attention on the speaker . |
| 4 | That should concentrate their mind on the need to give any affected party the opportunity to make submission on any such departure and also to facilitate the communication of the nature of the departure to the affected party . |
| 5 | It was in the thirties , with the expansion of the commercial library ( Boots lending library , for example ) that Mills and Boon concentrated their attention on the production of romance fiction , published in cheap brown bindings . |
| 6 | Oil consumers , whether directly or indirectly concerned , concentrated their attention on the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf , through which flowed some 20 per cent of the oil supplies of the world outside the CPEs and which shifted into sharp focus as the war intensified . |
| 7 | Usually they concentrated their attention on the roof . |
| 8 | Realizing there was nowhere to run in time , the Marines concentrated their fire on the crouching figures behind the guns , but they were too well protected . |
| 9 | In their campaign speeches , the Republican candidates refrained from attacking one another and Reagan concentrated his fire on the incumbent Democratic governor , Pat Brown . |
| 10 | In his wisdom , Lord Mountbatten saw what was happening and , after his retirement in 1965 , concentrated his attention on the young Prince and became a vital figure in his life . |
| 11 | Convinced that the ploy was about to be put into operation , Manville concentrated his attention on the hood of the Dodge , just above the offside wheel . |
| 12 | He concentrated his attention on the trolley . |
| 13 | One day , quite soon in fact , Brian Everthorpe is going to have to concentrate his mind on the difference between a wife and an employer . |
| 14 | If he is asked to only trot round in large circles , he will have plenty of time to think about life being fun , whereas if he is ‘ worked ’ he will have to concentrate his mind on the job in hand . |
| 15 | We shall concentrate our attention on the sterling contract . |
| 16 | And this means that rather than attempting to answer the question " What are experiences ? " , in the manner of the conventional " philosophy of mind " , we ought to concentrate our attention on the question " How do experiences occur ? " , and analyse them qua types of evidential events . |
| 17 | But the enormous contrast between relatively unbiased news on television and extreme pro-Conservative bias in the press would encourage Labour politicians to moderate their criticism of television and concentrate their attack on the press . |
| 18 | The problem with environmental legislation of every kind is that , while we all applaud the intentions , we know automatically that the large-scale offenders have their own scientists , barristers , public-relations campaigns and representation in the House of Lords , that government inspectorates are hopelessly understaffed , and that consequently , at a local level , the enforcers concentrate their attention on the small fry who lack the time and resources to answer back . |
| 19 | ‘ It must become more focused , concentrate its attention on the core issues , get agreement with them , with as few alternative versions as possible , and get these agreements enforced nationally . ’ |
| 20 | This approach concentrates its attention on the behaviour of bureaucrats as maximizers of budgets or staff and seeks to identify ways in which that behaviour can be modified by changing the context of their decision-making . |
| 21 | This theory does indeed get some support from the way in which Eadmer concentrates his attention on the Investiture dispute during these years . |
| 22 | 2 The striker concentrates his attention on the boards . |
| 23 | Another line of attack has been that of some psychologists who have concentrated their fire on the question whether the type of experimental procedure designed to produce associative learning in Aplysia can ‘ really ’ be said to fulfil the conditions required for classical conditioning . |
| 24 | We have a system of local government finance which has concentrated its attention on the poll tax payer , bringing in gearing which has resulted in enormous increases in bills , without any material increase in spending or improvements in services . |
| 25 | In recent times , we have concentrated our publishing on the changing Europe , including Eastern Europe . |
| 26 | Concentrate your force on the restraining grip at its weakest point ( usually the thumb ) . |
| 27 | The second full week of the election campaign has begun with Labour concentrating its firepower on the issue of unemployment . |
| 28 | They were now concentrating their fire on the bank beyond the gate ; there the main force of the islanders was still dug in , sending a steady shower of arrows and the occasional round of musket fire . |
| 29 | Smiling , she turned away , concentrating her gaze on the notes she was writing in an attempt to distance herself . |
| 30 | Jennie Appleby is still concentrating her time on the Cleveland area . |