Example sentences of "emphasis [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , in most examples , the emphasis has been on social systems in which males sporting the elaborate character are polygamous and have little to do with other aspects of reproduction . |
| 2 | So far in this discussion the emphasis has been on the voluntary nature of the ‘ obligations ’ of the active citizen , which is to be encouraged through the educational system and in other ways about which , it must be said , there is fairly broad agreement across the political spectrum . |
| 3 | Rather , the emphasis has been on reviewing health authority performance on a more aggregate level , through the development of performance indicators ( DHSS , 1983 ) , supported by the review process . |
| 4 | The chief emphasis has been on instructing children in the use of the library and to a lesser extent on the promotion of reading amongst schoolchildren . |
| 5 | So far the emphasis has been on fission , where the nuclei of heavy elements such as uranium fragment into smaller pieces . |
| 6 | As the fashion for hair has moved away from the hard , artificial post-punk era towards more natural styles , the emphasis has been on hair care products that promote softness and shine . |
| 7 | Since the Federal Court in the Eastern District of Texas , and subsequently the Fifth Circuit Federal Appellate Court seated in New Orleans intervened , the pendulum has swung and the emphasis has been on detailed rules to cover all contingencies , the implementation of which is far less dependent on the quality of individual personnel . |
| 8 | The emphasis has been on establishing laws governing these phenomena and creating a predictive science of social facts . |
| 9 | However , against the background of government concern over inner-city disturbances , picket line violence , the Greenham Common demonstrations and other large scale protests , the emphasis has been on preserving order and minimising public inconvenience rather than facilitating effective protest . |
| 10 | The problem we in Europe face is that Japanese companies have been active in scaling up production for some years , whereas in Europe the emphasis has been on high-quality research , which has only been significantly exploited in the area of basic liquid crystal materials . |
| 11 | So our emphasis has been on cost reduction and internal quality issues . |
| 12 | Instead we have seen the rise of ideas like theme restaurants , where the emphasis has been on the theme and not on the quality of the food . |
| 13 | The point has been well put by Vivien Hart in comparing American and British approaches : " In America , " she wrote , " the emphasis has been on what democracy is and should be , while Britain has been characterised by a more pragmatic and less urgent emphasis on what democracy is and can be . " |
| 14 | Emphasis has been on the development of premium products such as block and random copolymers , although the gas phase technology is also naturally suited to homopolymer manufacture . |
| 15 | In 1991 , the emphasis has been on the achievement of ISO 9002 registration and the introduction of MRPII as Kodak works towards manufacturing excellence associated with World Class Companies . |
| 16 | The Government 's emphasis has been on changes to the way the education system is run . |
| 17 | In an effort to prevent this kind of accident ( which is almost always fatal for the tow pilot ) , the emphasis has been for pilots to keep their glider very low just after leaving the ground . |
| 18 | Typically , the emphasis has been upon the problem of monitoring output/standards while reducing financial inputs in real terms . |
| 19 | Rather than classes on directly social or political topics , the emphasis has been upon issue-based provision , in the first instance , as a means to develop work , where appropriate and possible , with a broader scope ( hence courses in Housing , Welfare Rights , Health Care , etc. rather than in Social Policy , Politics etc . ) . |
| 20 | Although the historical approach to physical geography had prompted an approach often styled as denudation chronology , the emphasis had been upon the sequence of denudation rather than upon chronology strictly connoted as the science of computing dates . |