Example sentences of "emphasis [is] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 If the bench press is done on a decline , the emphasis is placed on the lower pectorals , giving men a strong outline to the lower chest , and women a muscular development which creates the impression of a larger bust .
2 All of this is a testimonial to the belief that when the emphasis is placed on the practical experiences of individuals and communities rather than on ideologies , and when the grassroots leadership of people is developed rather than theories and constitutions , then workable solutions can be developed which are adapted for both local and the national situation by those people who have to put these solutions into practice at the sharp end of the stick .
3 Emphasis is placed on the responsibility of individuals to provide for their own welfare needs and those of their dependants .
4 Fuller emphasis is placed on the need for early and late education .
5 So much emphasis is placed on the afterlife that the conditions of the present life are extremely neglected .
6 The whole emphasis is placed on the terms being negated , thereby reflecting a profound bias towards aggression as the norm .
7 When the reasons for the disappointing response are explored , we find that the emphasis is placed on the unique social and cultural values of Japanese society .
8 Certain problems have long been acknowledged even in popular accounts of scientific practice where emphasis is placed on the role of aesthetic criteria in theory selection .
9 Matrix calculus is introduced via the Sylvester expansion theorem and considerable emphasis is placed on the matrix eigenvalue problem .
10 Party policy is based on the idea that the state should promote the well-being of the individual ; emphasis is placed on the development of education , health and welfare services .
11 Much emphasis is placed on the ease with which data can be passed from one program to another , information from the customer data base can be used to update a spreadsheet model for instance .
12 As in a lot of one-design racing , class rules ensure that the emphasis is placed on the ability and performance of the crew : owners are not allowed to make modifications to their boats .
13 A great deal of emphasis is placed on the role of courts in settling disputes .
14 Emphasis is placed on the processes by which medical practitioners attempted to further themselves both professionally and socially , through intra-professional activities and interaction with local ‘ elite groups .
15 Particular emphasis is placed on the development of interpersonal skills , self awareness , and the ability to seek and use information available in travel and tourism offices .
16 The overall process of market research is summarised , and emphasis is placed upon the relationship between the approach and method to be used , and the marketing objective and budgeted cost of the investigation .
17 In an environment where considerable emphasis is placed upon the regulation of behaviour by reference to a moral code the playing of murderball is an anarchic act .
18 In each of these cases the emphasis is placed upon the transfers of mass and energy and this may provide a much-needed focus of further development for the extension of the systems approach employing the notions of rate of doing work or of power .
19 The emphasis is placed upon the use of personal and professional skills , and taking all possible steps to protect staff in situations where physical or verbally expressed aggression is likely to arise .
20 Thus with profit maximisation as its central concern , emphasis is placed upon the notion of an ever — increasing rate of production and consumption based on disposable products with significant wastage of energy and materials .
21 In these 21 chapters , emphasis is given to the eusocial Hymenoptera , with only one chapter devoted entirely to the Isoptera , one to the presocial Arachnida and one to the presocial insects .
22 Emphasis is given to the fluid , adaptive , but essentially patterned character of enforcement behaviour .
23 In our first example you are guided by the ideas of " political pressure " or " economic " reasons as a cause and emphasis is given to the latter .
24 Because therefore God is working within the sphere of history , great emphasis is made of the ‘ primacy of action ’ .
25 The emphasis is changed in the second story .
26 This change of emphasis is reflected in the biographical sources and is undoubtedly largely responsible for the marked differences , alluded to in the previous chapter , between the biographies written by Taskopruzade and those by Ata'i .
27 Increased emphasis is required on the identity of and response to the changing needs of physically disabled people , as evidenced by failure of doctors to detect functional deterioration in general practice and hospital outpatient consultations .
28 Emphasis is laid on the wide range of interiors represented , from tenement slums ( are these really of such interest ? ) through cottages such as Burns 's , to the ‘ middling ’ room and the grandest examples .
29 Emphasis is laid on the risks involved , the higher incidence of birth difficulties and subsequent infant illness , and the social difficulties encountered in coping with a baby , both emotionally and practically .
30 In the final report , special emphasis is laid upon the implications of the analysis for urban development prospects and policies in the 1980s , covering issues such as inner city regeneration , the current slump in housebuilding , and over-supply in the office and industrial markets .
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