Focus
focus (noun, verb) - dealing only with one or a few things
(and not a lot of other possible distracting things)
the central focus
the main focus of the project
a change in focus
a shift in focus
give focus to the project
provide a focus
provide a focus for the public
a clear focus
a sharp focus
bring into focus
with rising inflation, increased attention and focus on the economy
the focus of the report
became the focus of special hatred
focus on the basics
focus attention on
specialised focus
intends to focus on
find a theme and focus on this agenda
need for a wider focus
an exclusive focus
the focus narrowed to one problem
provide the direction and focus area for further research
rock and roll was the musical focus of this youth subculture
attention will focus on
wages, trade unionism and bonus payments became the focus of an acrimonious dispute
he was the focus and figurehead of all anti-Roman feeling
the focus for evaluation
stare at but not focus
the main focus of the school
focus for evaluation
focus for academic research
Example sentences:
* To spot opportunities for cost cutting you must focus on the manufacturing process, not the product.
* The move is part of the company's efforts to streamline product lines to focus on higher-end systems and servers; de-emphasise some system-related peripherals; and buy in some production.
* Each will focus on her own area of specialisation.
* With three years of system building and integration under its belt, the company intends to focus on software distribution and development for the next two or three years.
* The Thai employment market is at a standstill with most companies focusing on maintaining their current staffing levels while they wait for the turbulent political air to clear,
* We are taught not to focus on the more difficult aspects of what we know about other people.
* Her head drooped to one side, and her heavy-lidded eyes stared at the ashtray, even though they did not focus on it.
* Most large companies cut back their staffing levels long before this round of demonstrations began and are now focusing on adjusting cost-of-living allowances for the remaining workforce.
* Even as companies are generally focusing on raising cost-of-living allowances and not increasing salaries, workers too are not demanding pay rises.
* The main focus of the school was foreign languages: teaching, learning, research and policy.
* As a starting place for research, secondary data can pinpoint areas where investigation should be carried out in further depth, and so can help to provide the direction and focus area for further research.
* Our plans for a permanent expo of contemporary science will provide a focus for the public and be a major resource for schools.
* Rock and roll was the musical focus of this youth subculture, and the reaction which the Teddy Boys engendered was one of outrage and panic.
* The first skill you must master is the ability to communicate: to find a theme, to focus on an agenda.
* Even before one of them collapsed in a gas explosion at Ronan Point in London, the tower block became a focus of special hatred.
* The focus of the report was on the abstract categories of ownership, occupation and use.
* Focus groups said they would pay more taxes if the cost of the Federal machine was cut, and so Clinton announces with great fanfares a 25 per cent cut in White House staff.
* All curriculums shall focus on the basics in high school requirements and it shall be inundated with advanced sciences and additional applied math, English and writing skills.
* The need for a wider focus had been signalled five years earlier when the merger of the Howard Association and the prison Reform League resulted in the establishment of the Howard League for Penal Reform.
* The result of a collaboration between the London Centre, Thorn EMI Central Research Laboratories and Bristol-based Division Ltd, the major new project will focus on real-time lighting simulation.
* Time was initially divided between two sections within the station in order to broaden the range of contacts, and visits were made to other stations, but, as the time devoted to data collection lengthened and data collection itself became more intensive, the focus narrowed to one section: roughly about twenty people.
* Finally, attention will focus on island communities in the developing world where land-use has created specific environmental problems that are frequently related to watershed abuse.
* By 1932 Gallacher had been joined at Chelsea by his two fellow internationalists Jackson and Cheyne and the three Scots became the focus of an acrimonious dispute about wages, trade unionism and bonus payments.
* Headache from the inability to focus the eyes rapidly enough, from eye strain.
* If the librarian can broaden his focus of user education and let it become information user education and not simply library user education, then there is the possibility for significant change.
* The Druids by their widespread influence in high places were able to make Boudica the focus and figurehead of all anti-Roman feeling.
* In addition such a scheme focuses on individuals and not groups of teachers, which, we will argue in Chapter 2, is an important focus for evaluation.
* And what has happened over time is that, in the twentieth century, with the advent of two world wars, with the impact of the worst economic depression that the world's ever seen, with the rise to global dominance, both economic and military, indeed one might say culturally, the rise to global dominance of the United States, the scale and er scope of the U S executive branch has grown and with it an increasing er attention and focus on the presidency.
