Example sentences of "concentrate [adv] upon the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During most of the 1950s and 1960s UK governments as a whole concentrated predominantly upon the employment objective , with the balance of payments frequently exerting a cons-traint on the achievement of this goal . |
| 2 | This was a prevalent interpretation within the EEC , and one which was reinforced by the tone of the debate in the British House of Commons upon the Stockholm Convention , in which most speakers concentrated more upon the relationship with the EEC than upon the organisation and aims of EFTA . |
| 3 | The educational debate during the years immediately following the war concentrated more upon the nature of secondary schooling than it did upon the primary stage . |
| 4 | Marxist accounts of the growth of government do not concentrate specifically upon the issue of government growth , rather their discussions of increasing public spending are usually couched in terms of a more general explanation of the role of the state . |
| 5 | Until 1764 , Josiah had concentrated successfully upon the manufacture of what he called ‘ useful wares ’ , but he had carried out many experiments to improve the rather crude ‘ Egyptian black ’ wares already made by a number of Staffordshire potters . |