Example sentences of "[adj] emphasis be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The historical emphasis is on the way in which the present labour market in Kirkcaldy and the behaviour and attitudes of employers and labour force are shaped by historical forces . |
| 2 | It is a striking fact that although the court in this case clearly adopted its paternalistic role in deciding how the child 's welfare would best be promoted , the chief emphasis was on the competing rights and responsibilities of parent and local authority rather than those of the child . |
| 3 | Their primary emphasis was on the development of large-scale commercial agriculture — either through large , corporate-owned estates ( as with oil palm in Zaire , coffee , and bananas in Cameroun , and cotton in Sudan ) , through individual settlers ( as in Kenya , Zimbabwe and Zambia ) , or through both ( as in Tanzania and Cameroun ) . |
| 4 | Ostensibly showing ‘ the fatal end of an ungoverned passion — virtuous in its object , but vicious in its excess ’ , the novel 's conflicting and more convincing emphasis is on the heroine 's defiance towards the ‘ moats and walls [ which ] are feeble barriers to a determined will ’ . |
| 5 | The main emphasis is on the study and use of modern languages as a preparation for professional life , either as a career linguist or in other language-related posts in business and the professions . |
| 6 | The main emphasis is on the various ways that these relationships may pattern and establish expectations and opportunities for different individuals . |
| 7 | During that time the main emphasis was on the female as fashionable : hemlines rose inexorably with the soaring British economy . |
| 8 | Er E one was mentioned I believe and er but the main emphasis was on the range of agricultural policies A one I think to A four . |