Example sentences of "[noun sg] focus [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The research focused specifically on the labour market impact of assistance policies , based on a complementary survey of employees at assisted firms which was funded by ESRC . |
| 2 | R. R. Dale 's ( 1969 , 1971 , 1974 ) three-volume study focuses mainly on the social advantages , and it is possible in any case to challenge the nature of the superior social development of girls which is argued to accompany mixed rather than single-sex schooling , since one of the things it may involve is breaking down girls ' resistance to the imposition of various stereotypes of femininity to a greater extent than is found in single-sex schools . |
| 3 | The accolade focused specifically on the ceramic dome tweeter that Wharfedale have developed and which is now , incidentally , fitted to the ‘ C ’ version of the Harewood model . |
| 4 | Then as her gaze focused unconsciously on the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , she found herself remembering what Silvia had said : ‘ I thought you ought to have a room with a double bed , for when your boyfriend comes to visit you ’ . |
| 5 | This development has given us the opportunity to organise our business to focus again on the changing needs of our customers . |
| 6 | Increasingly it has been recognized that there is a need to focus explicitly on the nature and form that child abuse or child protection interventions take in everyday practice , and in the process to try and identify models of good practice which can then be developed in the future . |
| 7 | A further aspect is that with public attention focused firmly on the statistics of road accidents , many traffic issues became matters for the Police . |
| 8 | The immediate reaction to this event was one of shock and surprise , with public and media attention focusing particularly on the interplay between racial and social deprivation in the St Paul 's area ( Joshua and Wallace , 1983 ) . |
| 9 | For example , one group focused specifically on the particular problems and needs of Asian parents , another was for older parents and carers , and several groups provided significant elements of direct service . |
| 10 | So Glasgay ! , the first UK festival focusing principally on the work of gays and lesbians — or exploring related themes — lacks no excuse for throwing joined-up parties . |
| 11 | The Premier Group whose business focuses primarily on the manufacture and distribution of food , groceries and pharmaceuticals , has a 28.1 per cent stake held by JCI . |
| 12 | The procedure focussed essentially on the work of the subject boards and their mode of operation , and a range of approaches was envisaged : |
| 13 | The criticism focused especially on the government 's delay in completing cyclone damage assessment and , except for a request for more helicopters , its failure to provide aid agencies with a detailed list of emergency supply needs . |
| 14 | The division seems almost complete : classical criminology focused entirely on the causal-corrective significance of the criminal justice system and ignored individual , social and economic factors ; positivist criminology focused almost entirely on the causal significance of individual , social and economic factors and ignored the criminal justice system . |
| 15 | The manager and the subordinate jointly review performance focusing not on the individual but the latter 's work situation . |
| 16 | The mouse lemur 's pattern of life focuses especially on the female 's feeding ecology , upon which the males dispersion is contingent . |
| 17 | This GLEB report focused mainly on the manufacturing aspect of the independent sector and recommended the setting up of a modern plant to make records for the smaller companies . |
| 18 | As my hon. Friend has said , the hearing focused particularly on the buffet receipt and whether or not it was written by Mr. Brand . |
| 19 | The range of coverage indicates the number of newspapers which cover a particular case , while the amount focuses especially on the number of days that a case is mentioned . |
| 20 | First , the analysis focuses mainly on the textual features of Larkin 's " Talking in Bed " thus only partially highlighting their communicative value in the author-reader interaction and , as a result , re-proposing the formalist idea of foregrounding only with a veneer of novelty . |
| 21 | As Strevens ( in Altman 1979 ) points out ‘ In order to focus better on the learner we must also produce teachers of a calibre to do the focusing . ’ |
| 22 | To help its clients keep up with the seemingly exponential growth of market data , Yamaichi Securities Co. , Ltd. has created the world 's first integrated information system focused exclusively on the financial sector . |