Example sentences of "attention [is] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Closer attention is rewarded by the discovery of the sneaky Cichlid-like behaviour of the American Flags as they flit in the background rocks and wood , and the hidden catfish .
2 However , one inexpensive precaution is to apply self-adhesive warning stickers on the glass at eye level : for example , on a patio door which someone might inadvertently walk or run into while their attention is fixed on the garden beyond .
3 The success of the treatment depends very much on the skill and intelligence of the operatives and careful supervision to ensure that attention is given to the full extent of affected areas .
4 Close attention is given to the safe and hygienic handling of chemicals , and biomonitoring of personnel is done to ensure that the protective systems are working satisfactorily .
5 And recently , in education , we have David Hargreaves ( 1982 ) pointing out the harm done in schools when the balance of attention is given to the individuals rather than to the group — and this from a non-authoritarian , liberal educationalist .
6 The Institute 's mix of auditors and lay members on regulatory committees ensures that regulatory decisions are taken fairly in the public interest and due attention is given to the interests of the firm .
7 HMI also commented that in general ‘ too little attention is given to the diagnosis of need before attempting to meet it ’ .
8 Particular attention is given to the training , career development and promotion of disabled employees with a view to encouraging them to play an active role in the development of the group .
9 Particular attention is given to the accentuation of the drift from North to South since the late 1970s , the current scale of population deconcentration from the major metropolitan centres to smaller towns and more rural areas , and the emerging population patterns in the so-called ‘ inner city areas ’ .
10 Particular attention is given to the techniques applied for sampling , interviewing and drawing up questionnaires .
11 Particular attention is given to the provision of financial services for industrial development and agrarian improvement ; the extent of movement into and out of Edinburgh ; the social structure and occupational zoning within Edinburgh ; demographic change ; the role of the law and of secular and ecclesiastical institutions in helping or hindering change ; the nature of social relationships within the town and the extent to which new and more progressive values existed in the city .
12 Close attention is given to the effective dissemination of the results of work carried out by the Centre .
13 Specific attention is given to the manner in which engineers as an occupational group are able to influence the outcomes of the introduction of new technology at work-place level .
14 No attention is given to the history of people themselves , to what we would call ‘ moral careers .
15 Particular attention is given to the history of settlement and development of the area , set against the background of events which shaped Ireland as a whole .
16 Although attention is given in the discussions to underlying emotional problems such as we have described in this chapter , some people 's emotional ‘ blocks ’ do not shift in this setting .
17 Closer still , and now the attention is concentrated on the boy who is making sand-pies …
18 Having to take children along imposes both a physical and mental burden ; there is the problem of managing children and shopping simultaneously , and the housewife 's attention is distracted by the need to pacify a crying child or by the knowledge that a baby in a pushchair is parked out of sight .
19 By seeking to blame the family for the plight in which many older people find themselves , attention is distracted from the very real problems that structural social changes have placed on the family in providing such care .
20 In some modern classical ballets too little attention is paid to the momentary holding of a pose as the focus of a picture to sum up — as it were — what has gone before .
21 Research on the participation of the public in general or clients in particular tends to centre around the form of participation involved ( inputs ) and its effect on the change agent and action systems ( processes , ‘ thruputs ’ ) , but little attention is paid to the results of participation ( outputs ) in general , and in achieving the specific goals of the activity involved .
22 High perspective achieves an almost generalized view of land which can reflect an economic bias , Little attention is paid to the ‘ content ’ of landscapes as artists give ‘ … little evidence of caring that the topography … was a representation of the needs of the people who had created it . ’
23 We rarely see the Old Testament as a whole and little attention is paid to the system of political economy which is set up under divine instruction in the Pentateuch .
24 In Project English , particular attention is paid to the following areas :
25 Little attention is paid to the input side as distinct from the output side , the sensory information and feed-back which the operator is using to control what he is doing is neglected .
26 Stacey and I followed these arguments , insisting that issues of women and politics can only be addressed if attention is paid to the familial institutions of society ( Stacey and Price , 1981 ) .
27 Attention is paid to the negative effects which some children have on teachers when , for various reasons , they seem to be ‘ unteachable ’ and to reject what their teachers are trying to offer .
28 When so much attention is paid to the vast power of multinational companies , it is perhaps wise to think of the numbers of international names that have disappeared from the scene , even during our own lifetime .
29 Increasingly attention is paid to the four lifestyle areas of smoking , alcohol consumption , exercise and diet .
30 In criterion-referenced assessment particular attention is paid to the setting of intended learning outcomes or teaching objectives .
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