Example sentences of "attention had [be] given " in BNC.
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| 1 | The table linen was fashionably pink , but the large octagonal black plates displayed the food wonderfully well and much attention had been given to presentation . |
| 2 | It is possible a feeling existed that too much attention had been given to development in the western and most populous counties in the District . |
| 3 | At this stage also it will almost certainly become apparent that a better job could have been done in the research if only more attention had been given to certain factors which had not been thought beforehand to have been of much importance . |
| 4 | Particular attention had been given to the design of heated support bearings to prevent an increase in their mechanical resistance when the lubricant stiffened with a drop in temperature . |
| 5 | Too much attention had been given to the short-term goals of profitability and not enough to the long-term effects on the environment of industrial waste , chemical spillage and oil and petrol pollution . |
| 6 | At the same time , however , some of these weaknesses might have been avoided if more careful attention had been given to commercial needs by those originally responsible for framing the administrative structures of nationalised industries [ Chester , 1975 ] . |