Example sentences of "focus [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an exercise in persuasion , and requires composers who will focus their art on the simple and fundamental act of communication with their enthusiastic but tired , inattentive , restless , distracted and easily bored fellow human beings who none the less long to hear themselves in a not necessarily flattering mirror of music . |
| 2 | activities are signposted , and every new stage of a lesson is indicated so that learners can focus their attention on the task in hand |
| 3 | But it is still hard to beat the experienced eye , which can automatically focus its attention on the most significant features of a spectrum . |
| 4 | Instead , they focus their attention on the negative behaviours they do not want . |
| 5 | In the United Kingdom , users and providers focus their attention on the spending departments in Whitehall . |
| 6 | Once you are relaxed , focus your attention on the music and see what images come into your mind . |
| 7 | During the above step , focus your attention on the sensations in the part of your body that has been brought under tension . |
| 8 | Here you can forget crowded car parks , traffic jams and distracting street noises and focus your attention on the business in hand . |
| 9 | We focus our attention on the three months following the eruption , when the SO 2 -induced perturbations are expected to be the most significant . |
| 10 | And we all focus our attention on the potential scandal completely ignoring a far more suggestive state of affairs . |
| 11 | She tried to focus her mind on the words . |
| 12 | Bernice tried to focus her mind on the report , which featured outbreaks of a mystery virus that had wiped out millions in the barrios of Brasilia , Los Angeles and Tycho City . |
| 13 | She turned to focus her attention on the up-and-coming young band now swinging into their first number . |
| 14 | These are used to focus their awareness on the learner , the learning task , and the learning environment , on the interactive nature of learning difficulties and their behavioural and emotional concomitants . |
| 15 | This group preferred to focus their work on the myth of legal certainty and to challenge the idea of legal formalism by undermining the conception of the judicial process implicit in the case method . |
| 16 | Barth and Brunner moved on from that position and came to focus their attention on the re-working and re-stating of the main classical Christian doctrines , especially of christology , in which they believed the meaning and content of the revelation was explicated . |
| 17 | According to Really Useful 's chairman , Lord Gowrie , the company will now continue to focus its strategy on the " core business " namely the copyrights to Lloyd Webber 's work and related projects . |
| 18 | He will be able to return on compassionate leave — particularly if it helps to focus his mind on the Test series . |
| 19 | In each case try to focus your mind on the part of your body that has in turn been made tense and relaxed . |
| 20 | ( 2 ) by focusing my eroticism on the object of my unnatural fear : my body and the bodies of other men . |
| 21 | Company law has instead focused its attention on the problems created by the second characteristic of corporate enterprise which undercut the ability of the market to regulate the exercise of economic power : the separation of ownership and management . |
| 22 | As Tallis focused her gaze on the young magic-man she could see that the newest skull was a blank-faced mask , crudely chipped out of a circle of rain-softened bark . |
| 23 | Thus resolved , Theodora focused her flashlight on the brass doorknob on the panelled door . |
| 24 | Instead , she focused her attention on the children as they opened the box pews and , in the case of the young ones , helped one another on to the seats . |
| 25 | Anyway , ’ she focused her attention on the list she was checking , ‘ I 'm not worried . |
| 26 | That explained why so many of the big-wave riders were focusing their attention on the outer reefs . |
| 27 | Even before this teacher took up his post , the study skills working party was focusing its attention on the potential of the package he brought with him , and the subsequent development of study skills in the school incorporated much of his scheme . |
| 28 | Concentrating once again on the central mirror , he focused his will on the device itself , and its past . |
| 29 | It focused his mind on the future and about the world that his small and fragile son would one day inherit . |
| 30 | Turner focused his attention on the trolley which was pointing towards the area of grandstands . |