Example sentences of "[conj] focus on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just ten or fifteen minutes of it now would see him right , a short trip out through the islets and mudbanks where you could let the boat drift , lean over the stern and watch the inner life of the dirty green water , the shreds of seaweed and small branches and other shapes that sometimes proved to be alive , or focus on the surface , a depthless sheet of scum on which the pearly light shimmered in continual shifting patterns , or even look up to see a huge modern building , several storeys high , going for a stroll along a neighbouring island , the superstructure of a freighter putting out to sea along the deep-water channel … |
| 2 | It is misleading to dismiss arguments that focus on the unequal distribution of power in Japanese society simply because there are some examples of disagreement among dominant groups . |
| 3 | Stage 3 Making Operating Decisions — Operating decisions are those that focus on the efficient use of resources available to the firm in the short term and will be embodied in plans , conventionally referred to as budgets . |
| 4 | To ignore this and focus on the false antithesis of punctuation versus gradualism , with no mechanism to explain either , is to engage in a scholastic war of words largely devoid of scientific content . |
| 5 | List all your good points , i.e. determination etc , and focus on the next race . |
| 6 | Close your eyes and focus on the word ‘ calm ’ in your mind . |
| 7 | Some of these are specifically for project schools and focus on the variety of learning materials available in particular curriculum areas as recommended by county advisers . |
| 8 | So can we just ignore that for the moment and focus on the first sheet deliberately |
| 9 | It is too simplistic , he suggests , to attempt ‘ to put the value-laden issues of politics to one side … and focus on the more limited issues of how to perform tasks more efficiently ’ . |
| 10 | These cost-reduction circles may operate on an informal basis and focus on the removal of obvious bottlenecks rather than looking where the company 's cost system directs , but , as business becomes more and more competitive , it may be necessary to track cost-reduction progress . |
| 11 | Before any system redesign is undertaken , we must first of all address the conceptual issues common to the different IR systems and focus on the user 's information needs and searching behaviour . |
| 12 | NCVQ and SCOTVEC have both , by different but compatible routes , made substantial progress towards achieving systems of vocational qualifications which are defined in terms of competence , including associated performance criteria , and focus on the needs of employment . |
| 13 | Many feel that judges could be given greater leeway than even under present rules , perhaps through case conferences , to cut away the deadwood of the case and focus on the principal points of dispute . |
| 14 | And what has happened over time is that , in the twentieth century , with the advent of two world wars , with the impact of the worst economic depression that the world 's ever seen , with the rise to global dominance , both economic and military , indeed one might say culturally , the rise to global dominance of the United States , the scale and er scope of the U S executive branch has grown and with it an increasing er attention and focus on the presidency . |
| 15 | What you got to do in that context is forget all the equipment , all the rest of it , try and focus on the chap you 're talking to in the studio , and just have a conversation with him . |
| 16 | The sections which follow are not about computer-based systems and jargon but focus on the information needs and systems of schools . |