Example sentences of "[be] [adj] attention " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sociological implications of this view , that racism produces ethnic disadvantage , are that attention should focus on the history and mode of operation of racism rather than the ways in which ethnic minorities do or do not adapt to British society . |
| 2 | However , despite launching the second wave of UDCs amidst government promotional hype proclaiming LDDC and MDC a success story , there has been scant attention paid in government circles to any rigorous analysis of the London and Liverpool experience . |
| 3 | The best gargoyles and grotesques are real attention grabbers because of their sheer vitality . |
| 4 | Also the value 1708 relates specifically to the boundary conditions — rigid , isothermal walls — to which we are confining attention . ) |
| 5 | That remark applies even though we are confining attention to cases in which ‘ non-ideal ’ features such as temperature variation of viscosity are supposed negligible . |
| 6 | In recent years there has been growing attention to the effects of different types of employment regulation on the structure of labour markets and performance of employment relations . |
| 7 | As children become more fluent and confident as writers , there should be increased attention to the punctuation that demarcates sentences ( capital letters , full stops , question marks and exclamation marks ) and to the conventions of spelling . |
| 8 | ‘ There should be more attention given to anti-pollution education for the people of Darlington — after all they are the ones to blame , ’ said Coun Walker . |
| 9 | 2 There needs to be greater attention to process in writing , though there is a danger that this can become an end in itself . |
| 10 | Two other manufacturing industries illustrate how market-seeking investors have been shifting attention to efficiency-seeking investments as competition has intensified . |
| 11 | Perhaps they do ; maybe I have not being paying attention ; too busy with the eau-de-vie , anis or grappa . |
| 12 | However , there is little attention paid to achieving results . |
| 13 | Despite the stated belief in the Proposals that students at school should be exposed to a historic range of English writing , there is little attention to works written before the nineteenth century , and certainly no recognition that new relations with history are causing literary texts to be approached in new ways . |
| 14 | ‘ One of the reasons I think the Japanese are so good at putting in quality systems is that , in some ways , it 's painful attention to detail , a series of little things which really improve performance . |
| 15 | At drama school , there is constant attention to a student 's control of both voice and movement , and the different departments work at developing a student 's overall acting technique . |
| 16 | A positive benefit arising from such specific attention to what is best for visually handicapped pupils can be that there is increased attention to environmental factors that are advantageous to all the pupils in the school |
| 17 | It is obvious that if the present decision is undisturbed attention must be paid to the quite new arrangements prescribed by section 19(3) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 which provides , so far as is relevant , that any jurisdiction of the High Court shall be exercised only by a single judge of that court , except in so far as it is , by or by virtue of rules of court or any other statutory provision , required to be exercised by a divisional court . |
| 18 | There 's international attention on his work , but also co-operation . |
| 19 | The key factor in enhancing children 's progress in reading is adult attention , most schools encourage children to take reading books home so that parents can have the opportunity to give help and encouragement . |
| 20 | This approach to leadership means there is more attention given to selection as opposed to the training of leaders . |
| 21 | Now that there is every reason to believe that we can build a fusion reactor there is growing attention to technology . |
| 22 | ‘ There 's growing attention in the international community , in part generated by my own wanderings around the world . |
| 23 | Further evidence of the Metropolitan 's heightened attention to textiles is the imminent completion of a well-illustrated catalogue of the medieval tapestries , being written on contract by Adolfo Cavallo , former curator of textiles at the Metropolitan and the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston . |
| 24 | As in other areas of materials science , the capacity of biological systems to manufacture materials with good properties is attracting attention . |
| 25 | In fact the breed is so rare it 's attracting attention from criminal quarters too . |
| 26 | Since the use of unit trusts as a way of paying bonuses to employees came to an end , vouchers have been attracting attention . |
| 27 | In association with this trend , there was renewed attention to longstanding evidence on the effects of poverty on health , in association with government restrictions on the growth of Health Service spending . |
| 28 | Florian stopped his theatrically narrow-eyed scrutiny of Maria and grinned at Luke , who must have been telling the truth because he was all attention , no less than riveted . |
| 29 | No proceedings were taken against them ; but nor was any attention paid to their appeal , and the stone was hurried back to Westminster . |