Example sentences of "[verb] attention [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be that er he wishes to distract attention between the interesting arguments going on about one man one vote which I 'm pleased to hear that Mr has won . |
| 2 | Police said the message was a decoy to distract attention from the real danger area . |
| 3 | It arose after the victory of Tannenberg , as a deliberate attempt by the German General Staff to distract attention from the failure of the Schlieffen plan in the west , and to associate themselves with Hindenburg 's triumph . |
| 4 | Her height served to distract attention from the power in her calves and biceps . |
| 5 | At first glance , the association of holism with their strongly materialist brand of Marxism might seem to prejudice the discussion : the very distinctiveness of its explanatory categories might seem to distract attention from the matter in hand . |
| 6 | Asked to comment on the Independent 's report that Libyan terrorists had put the bomb aboard Flight 103 by means of an unaccompanied bag sent from Malta , Aviv himself thought it was yet another attempt to distract attention from the truth . |
| 7 | Perhaps the greatest mistake in the application of GIS has been to allow the glamour of the technology to distract attention from the more mundane , yet vital , aspects of data acquisition and verification . |
| 8 | The Bentley Mulsanne — this was an inspiration of the Secretary 's to distract attention from the noises off — had come nosing its way from behind the South Stand . |
| 9 | Moreover , if there is one category that is markedly different from others , this is a good one to choose as the base , since it will focus attention on the difference . |
| 10 | Any work undertaken on an individual basis should always focus attention on the broader social context in which the individual lives . |
| 11 | So rapid has been the development of this dimension of public relations that the Public Relations Consultants Association recently formed a Creative Group to publicise and focus attention on the importance of the creative process in mounting quality campaigns . |
| 12 | The theory behind the Community Charge or Poll Tax was that individual flat rate charges for most members of the community would focus attention on the level of spending by the authority and increase local accountability . |
| 13 | It should focus attention on the key results areas of the project and on the contributions of individuals towards achieving them . |
| 14 | Sales and market forecasting will focus attention upon the basic influences on the marketplace , and on the relationships within it . |
| 15 | In the remainder of this chapter , we shall focus attention upon the Bank of England and upon the rest of the monetary sector . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , their Lordships think it right to concentrate attention on the reasons given by Barnett J. for the order now under appeal . |
| 17 | The following incident with an experienced pilot on a K6E drew attention to the importance of making smooth stick movements . |
| 18 | He drew attention to the three spelling mistakes Leonard manages to include in so short a piece , marked by ( ! ) , and at the points we enumerate offers the following marginal comments : 1 . ) |
| 19 | Ashton too has created two oriental styled ballets in which the delicacy of the hands and arms drew attention to the way such subtle movements can take the place of words . |
| 20 | During our Pre-Campaign Wave Thatcher 's visit to Moscow and Kinnock 's to Washington drew attention to the issue . |
| 21 | In their speeches both our President and the AOC in C drew attention to the close links between the Association and the serving Royal Air Force . |
| 22 | I remember that in 1970 I was actually called deranged because I drew attention to the various forms of manifest nonsense on which ‘ The Thing ’ was battening . |
| 23 | ’ Eliot emphasized the dangers of this and drew attention to the importance of the Jamesian stress on ‘ the whole deep mystery of man 's soul and conscience ’ . |
| 24 | Eliot drew attention to the view that cars , gramophones , and central heating are inessential to civilization , but pointed to a more subtle fallacy which equated art with civilization and so saw ‘ Alaskan or Solomon Island wood carvers were more ‘ civilized ’ than the workmen and workwomen who turn out the bibelots of Woolworth 's . ’ |
| 25 | The final report of the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth drew attention to the stability in the distribution of income in the post-war period . |
| 26 | More sensitive than their counterparts at the beginning of the decade had been to the technical qualities of Hollywood films , the critics of the time constantly drew attention to the gap between the aspirations and the achievements of British films . |
| 27 | Critics also drew attention to the failure of British films to exploit the potential of British life . |
| 28 | Pickfords marketing man Andrew Jones drew attention to the company 's discounting policy , operating until the end of February , and put forward three options . |
| 29 | In August 1989 Greenpeace drew attention to the swordfish fishery in US waters off the New England coast . |
| 30 | He correctly drew attention to the fact that the action was God 's — God was in Christ ; that is to say , he was doing it . |