Example sentences of "to the attention of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amnesty 's major Sri Lanka ( September-December 1990 ) succeeded , against considerable obstacles , in bringing the tragedy of Sri Lanka to the attention of the world , and helped generate some fresh signs of change . |
| 2 | The only virtue of these latter newspaper techniques is to bring an event to the attention of a reader . |
| 3 | A good performance in the ‘ B ’ or regional squads may bring you to the attention of the national coach , and may also result in your promotion to the élite squads . |
| 4 | I drew this to the attention of Mellowes , my line manager , at an early stage and he had made vague noises about something being in the pipeline . |
| 5 | Indeed the basic telegraphic equations were ‘ … in their simplest form … first given by Lord Kelvin in 1855 ’ .6 Another of Kelvin 's achievements was development of the concept of inductance , the practical importance of which was first brought to the attention of engineers by ‘ … the problems experienced in … the Atlantic cables ’ .7 |
| 6 | If more people bothered to bring decently designed office furniture to the attention of their office manager , fewer people would be taking days off with bad backs . |
| 7 | It involves visits to the homes of children who are either convicted offenders , children at special risk , or who have recently been involved in trouble and have come to the attention of the police . |
| 8 | Repercussions of these disturbances came to the attention of foreign relief workers . |
| 9 | Indeed the same evidence has been tendered , the same facts had been brought to the attention of the same Committee in 1972 ; but the Committee had reported to Parliament in the opposite sense , stating the opposite to the evidence they had actually received from those who were competent to tender it . |
| 10 | Against all odds , Greenpeace has brought the plight of the natural world to the attention of caring people . |
| 11 | Lawyers in the Environment Department are said to have drawn to the attention of senior staff that renewal of the contracts was in breach of community rules . |
| 12 | Sole , of course , came to the attention of leading English players some time before he won his first cap against France ( an 18-17 win ) at Murrayfield in January 1986 . |
| 13 | His report on the German military brought him to the attention of General George Marshal , on whose staff he later served . |
| 14 | Ken Pitt : ‘ But the big value of that album was that it brought David 's work to the attention of a lot of important people . |
| 15 | ‘ I could bring your views to the attention of the Vice President in charge of Overseas Operations ’ he added placatingly . |
| 16 | B. Hunslett claims the Service Crew were the first élitist group to travel the country with the casual look , and that they brought it to the attention of the general public . |
| 17 | ‘ We want to bring to the attention of people in the south east of England just what we have to offer in the West Country , ’ he says . |
| 18 | A long letter from him to Miller in 1730 was brought to the attention of the Royal Society and in this he related his experience with inarching ( grafting ) for exotic trees , the climate of Midlothian not being as rigorous as one might imagine . |
| 19 | There can , therefore , be little doubt that this rose was brought to the attention of the Apprentices during their studies in the Physic Garden . |
| 20 | Leapor was , of course , discovered by Freemantle who , though relatively learned , had to bring her friend to the attention of others who had the social connections to promote her work : |
| 21 | The incident , which occurred in July , 1980 , was brought to the attention of the Life organisation who reported the matter to the police . |
| 22 | We should be spending a great deal of our time making children into heroes , identifying good work , putting good examples of work on display and bringing it to the attention of others . |
| 23 | It 's a good idea for details of competitions to be brought to the attention of staff and children on a regular basis and for entries to be shared and enjoyed within the school before submission to the judges . |
| 24 | We also achieved a few column inches in the Focus paper and brought the NCT to the attention of many people who had never heard of us before . |
| 25 | Mr Jones was to lead the Rottweiler to the attention of the people . |
| 26 | The song made a re-appearance as the flip side to ‘ Heaven Knows I 'm Miserable Now ’ and was brought to the attention of relatives of the murdered ‘ Moors ’ children — Lesley Ann Downey and John Kilbride . |
| 27 | They have to buy these books , which are not cheap , being printed usually in four colours on a lavish scale and accompanied by expensive ‘ hype ’ to bring them to the attention of the public . |
| 28 | More significantly , if questions may not even be asked in open court about illegal tapping , how is the victim to find out about it in order to bring it to the attention of the police ? |
| 29 | A current example on the summits of the Carneddau mountains in Snowdonia has been brought to the attention of WOAD by NCC , the National Trust and the Park Authority who consider that heavy grazing levels on this registered common are a major cause of worsening erosion . |
| 30 | The librarian brings items to the attention of lecturers and gives advice where needed . |