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单词 attention
释义
attention
(ətenʃən )
Word forms: attentions
1. uncountable noun [usually with poss] B1
If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully.
You have my undivided attention.
Later he turned his attention to the desperate state of housing in the province.
...young children with short attention spans.
Synonyms: thinking, thought, mind, notice  
2. uncountable noun B1
Attention is great interest that is shown in someone or something, particularly by the general public.
The property has already attracted considerable attention from overseas buyers.
The conference may help to focus attention on the economy.
3. uncountable noun
If someone or something is getting attention, they are being dealt with or cared for.
Each year more than two million household injuries need medical attention.
...a demanding baby who seems to want attention 24 hours a day.
Synonyms: care, support, concern, treatment  
4. plural noun
You can refer to someone's efforts to help you, or the interest they show in you, as their attentions, especially if you dislike or disapprove of them.
The singer had lately been subjected to the unwanted attentions of a stalker. [+ of]
The meeting was held away from the attentions of the media.
5. uncountable noun [usually with poss] B2
If you bring something to someone's attention or draw their attention to it, you tell them about it or make them notice it.
If we don't keep bringing this to the attention of the people, nothing will be done. [+ of]
We conclude by drawing attention to the issues around which the debate should focus.
6. to attract someone's attention phrase B2
If someone or something attracts your attention or catches your attention, you suddenly notice them.
A faint aroma of coffee attracted his attention.
He sat at one of the round tables and tried to attract her attention.
7. pay attention phrase B1+
If you pay attention to someone, you watch them, listen to them, or take notice of them. If you pay no attention to someone, you behave as if you are not aware of them or as if they are not important.
More than ever before, the food industry is paying attention to young consumers. [+ to]
Other people walk along the beach at night, so I didn't pay any attention at first.
I was living just for myself and paying little attention to anyone else.
8. stand to attention/stand at attention phrase
When people stand to attention or stand at attention, they stand straight with their feet together and their arms at their sides.
Soldiers in full combat gear stood at attention.
The waiters stood to attention with napkins folded over their arms.
Collocations:
attention focuses
Amid all the coverage of last week's foreign exchange scandal, most media attention focused on the final notices served to the banks involved.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Then let your attention focus on your forehead and face.
Lewith, George & Horn, Sandra Drug-Free Pain Relief (1987)
All three brothers had their attention focused intently on him now: gimlet-eyed Gaviral, bloodshot Gavahaud, moist-eyed foolish Gavdat.
Robert Silverberg KING OF DREAMS (2001)
Instead, attention focused on the bronze medal won by the showjumping team led by a member of the Saudi ruling family.
The Sun (2012)
attention given
Obviously, there needs to be some fast, focused attention given to improving safeguarding in these particular services.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Yet with scant attention given to most of its members, it has also become something of a graveyard for small stocks.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His manner, and the attention given to him by his audience, told Amy that Jacob Silverman was someone to be reckoned with.
Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE
Most melt spinning models simulate the formation of a single filament, with little or no attention given to multifilament effects.
Young-Pyo Jeon, Christopher L. Cox 2009, 'Simulation of Multifilament Semicrystalline Polymer Fiber Melt-Spinning', Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics
attention wanders
That's why attention wanders from the intricacies of the latest rules.
Times,Sunday Times
I start to give directions, but it's complicated, directions always are; their attention wanders.
Times, Sunday Times
Everybody shrugs their shoulders, attention wanders and the disgrace continues.
Times, Sunday Times
And sometimes the attention wanders.
The Sun
If the officer's attention wanders, slip off.
The Sun
bring attention to
I was trying to unpin the corsage without bringing attention to it.
Anita Anderson SOMEBODY (2002)
To her surprise, they asked her to go to other war zones, to bring attention to the plight of refugees.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It will bear the gifts of sponsorship and financial reward but it will bring attention he doesn't want.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
call attention to
An increasing chorus of social criticism in recent years has called attention to men's personal isolation.
Rotundo, E. Anthony American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the Modern Era (1993)
They're not ones to wave flags or call attention to themselves.
Christianity Today (2000)
In the same way, the war had called attention to the great importance of preserving and protecting infant life.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
capture the attention
But it was the close-harmony singing, perfect in every detail, that initially captured the attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We capture the attention of people when we show that our experience overlaps theirs.
Christianity Today (2000)
Both seemed willing to say the outrageous to capture the attention of the press.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
careful attention
We all have a unique soil that needs careful attention, variety and experimentation.
Times, Sunday Times
I thank the jury for their careful attention to my son's case day after day and the verdicts they have delivered.
The Sun
It needed very careful attention to all the factors involved, including the inevitable distress that would follow from the calling of family witnesses.
Times, Sunday Times
Since it's been deeply formative for much of human history, it warrants careful attention.
Christianity Today
They were interested in learning more about the myriad forms that have resulted from careful attention to usefulness—and design.
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close attention
Paying close attention to detail helps you make an important discovery at work.
The Sun (2017)
The dubious magic of the present continuous is no substitute for a close attention to the past.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Danlo had a feeling that he should pay close attention to this correspondence.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (2001)
A second thought: pay close attention to your gut instincts.
Christianity Today (2000)
And they have to do this with the close attention of a flock of hungry seagulls.
The Sun (2015)
closer attention
I am not a harvester but, instead, I am an avenger, so you will pay closer attention next time.
Duncan, Robert L THE SERPENT'S MARK
Perhaps politicians should pay closer attention to animals, some of whom seem to possess an uncanny ability to sense impending freezing weather.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is clearly a deeply worrying situation demanding both much closer attention and also far stricter regulation.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
command the attention
You get the chance to be in the spotlight where you command the attention of others.
The Sun (2016)
The booted not the suited should command the attention and quicken the pulse.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was another football man of high profile and character who commanded attention and respect in his players.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If the time commanded attention, so too did the very rare sight of a world-class swimmer racing without goggles.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
concentrate attention
Different schools, however, place emphasis and concentrate attention on different areas.
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He used plain colours, such as blue and grey, to concentrate attention on the form of the body, not the clothes.
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This might have concentrated attention on the huge and inevitable systemic weaknesses of large organisations, rather than on tales of personal greed, hubris and dishonesty.
Times, Sunday Times
Harmless, then, but once again it concentrated attention on the only person that matters this week.
Times, Sunday Times
Overall, a focus on the 1 percent concentrates attention on the aspect of inequality most clearly tied to the distribution of income between labor and capital...
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concentrated attention
Our best efforts don't come from frantic activity but from concentrated attention.
Christianity Today
This might have concentrated attention on the huge and inevitable systemic weaknesses of large organisations, rather than on tales of personal greed, hubris and dishonesty.
Times, Sunday Times
Harmless, then, but once again it concentrated attention on the only person that matters this week.
Times, Sunday Times
Like: concentrated attention; tire the mind; concentrate one's energy and attention.
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Walker's own relationship with fame, and the concentrated attention which it brought to him, remained a problem as regards his emotional well-being.
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considerable attention
The chapter also pays considerable attention to the benefits of international portfolio diversification.
Maurice D. Levi International Finance: The markets and financial management of multinational business. (1983)
Rightly, it perceives the need for considerable attention and diplomacy to be given to the rise of new nuclear weapons powers in the East.
Redwood, John The Global Marketplace (1993)
Contains much useful statistical information and pays considerable attention to various theoretical interpretations of recent family trends.
Sanderson, Stephen K. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
In this context, bacterial cellulose, as renewable and biodegradable biopolymer has received considerable attention.
Maria Gullo, Salvatore La China, Giulio Petroni, Simona Di Gregorio, Paolo Giudici 2019, 'Exploring K2G30 Genome: A High Bacterial Cellulose Producing Strain in Glucose and Mannitol Based Media', Frontiers in Microbiology
constant attention
They need nothing further, bar food and constant attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It is an illness which demands constant attention and control.
Colette Harris, With Theresa Cheung PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycystic ovary syndrome (2002)
He had tried to grow it but his patience had worn thin with the constant attention it needed to look healthy and stylish.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The stimulating rhythms, exquisite tuning, rich word painting and constant attention to imaginative dynamics make this an outstanding performance.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
crave attention
Ask yourself why you crave attention so much and why you confuse it with true love and affection.
The Sun (2016)
She still craved attention, wanted to be photographed.
The Sun (2007)
You are vulnerable because you are lonely and crave attention.
The Sun (2013)
You crave attention and affection and he senses that.
The Sun (2006)
That fling showed me I still craved the attention of other men.
The Sun (2016)
critical attention
His private life has also brought him critical attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Every squawk of his mobile phone, every inquisitive call rejected, told of the critical attention now being turned on him.
Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps understandably, the poem has received scant critical attention.
The Times Literary Supplement
Even here, though, despite lavish sales and respectful critical attention, there were signs of trouble ahead.
The Times Literary Supplement
He attracted positive critical attention and the studio began building him up as a new star.
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deflect attention
Cynics would say it was a surefire way to deflect attention from the Gunners' failings.
The Sun (2012)
But the danger is that the attacks on him will deflect attention from his attempt to change the bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The focus on simulation by attackers seems to have deflected attention from this more clandestine aspect of the game.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Certain politicians saw it as an opportunity to deflect attention away from their own shortcomings.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Reaching the final last season deflected attention from another disappointing season.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
demand attention
But there can't be anybody who thinks it won't prove tricky and demand attention to get it right.
Times, Sunday Times
This time of rebuilding allows little margin for error, and several suspicions demand attention.
Christianity Today
The great managers of the modern era tend to demand attention.
Times, Sunday Times
But at this time of the year they demand attention.
Times, Sunday Times
And we need to remember that those folk on their second row of medal ribbons demand attention, perhaps by constructive dissent.
Times, Sunday Times
deserve attention
Before drifting into the dusty regions of the deep sky, several other stars deserve attention.
Times, Sunday Times
And don’t all imperiled green spaces, not just the homes of snow leopards and orangutans, deserve attention?
Smithsonian Mag
There are some radical and good ideas, which deserve attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Beyond the big issues, his book addresses numerous subordinate points that deserve attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Each of those seats will deserve attention again this time.
Times, Sunday Times
direct attention
However, the album was not given direct attention, leading to delays and changes in record deals.
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In many periods the later repetitions were often produced by the workshop of the master, with varying degrees of supervision and direct attention from him.
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He was probably the first to direct attention to the theory of elliptic integrals.
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Lines can also direct attention towards the main subject of picture, or contribute to organization by dividing it into compartments.
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Trained professions can help to improve communication and are primarily advised to direct attention to the contralesional affected side of the body.
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distract attention
But it would distract attention from those who should really bear the ultimate responsibility for controlling pay — the shareholders.
Times, Sunday Times
The surprise announcement to reform stamp duty also helped to distract attention from the admission of higher borrowing.
Times, Sunday Times
Lighting up, stubbing out, flicking ash all distract attention, and 72 per cent of experienced drivers recognise this and support a ban.
Times, Sunday Times
However, his apparent enthusiasm may be partly intended to distract attention from the government's latest about-turn on pensions.
Times, Sunday Times
But this row served only to distract attention from some of the greater horrors buried in the report.
Times, Sunday Times
divert attention
He thought this was a cheap shot by the chemical industry to divert attention away from pesticides.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Both are habits born out of compulsive desires to please and to divert the attention away from themselves.
Lindenfield, Gael 50 Ways to Become a Self-Confident Woman (1989)
His claims were widely interpreted as a crude attempt to divert attention from the scandal.
The Sun (2010)
They're just making time so that people's attention is diverted.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Amid evidence of rampant corruption, soaring unemployment and deep welfare cuts, watch out as other embattled leaders seek to divert attention from trouble at home.
The Sun (2013)
draw attention
Of course, the style statement on your toes is no good if you are drawing attention to gnarly feet and cracked heels.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
To draw attention to this failure is not to declare war on athletics.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The true sensei - the people who really know their stuff - don't need to draw attention to themselves.
The Times Literary Supplement (2015)
Above all, she wants them to draw attention away from politics for a while.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
escape attention
The properties of similar potential scandals that somehow escape attention are thus not studied.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is amazing that it has escaped the attention of mainstream tourism.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I am sure this will not have escaped the attention of her staff.
The Sun (2017)
She tried to escape attention by moving to a remote part of Scotland but one tabloid printed the name of the street and photographs of her house.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The presence and distribution of these presumably proteolytically inactive p20-containing enzymes has until now escaped attention.
Marina Klemenčič, Marina Klemenčič, Johannes Asplund-Samuelsson, Marko Dolinar, Christiane Funk 2019, 'Phylogenetic Distribution and Diversity of Bacterial Pseudo-Orthocaspases Underline Their Putative Role in Photosynthesis', Frontiers in Plant Science
extra attention
Tie it at the waist for extra attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Hone the areas that need extra attention and remember that you can't afford to leave anything to chance.
The Sun
I think she may even like the extra attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Surprisingly, he was mentioned by many as often needing extra attention.
Christianity Today
Some cats will enjoy the extra attention from their owners but may then struggle when their owners go back to work.
Times,Sunday Times
flattered by the attention
Tell her you were flattered by the attention and lost the plot.
The Sun
It sounds as if she's playing you along and you are naturally flattered by her attention.
The Sun
If you don't feel particularly flattered by the attention, take a deep breath and remember it's only for a short season.
Christianity Today
I was instantly flattered by the attention he gave me.
The Sun
He's flattered by her attention, and maybe he hugs her.
Christianity Today
focus attention
In tough times, people are cannier about how they spend their money, and that has focused attention on good-value alternatives.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was critical criminology which focused attention on both the social and legal definition of and reactions to crime.
de Haan, Willem The Politics of Redress - crime, punishment and penal abolition (1989)
But the movie has focused attention on the lives of slum dwellers.
The Sun (2009)
Obviously, there needs to be some fast, focused attention given to improving safeguarding in these particular services.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The recent riots have focused attention on inner-city poverty, but the countryside is also suffering badly in the downturn.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
focused attention
Our habit of focused attention explains why so many magic tricks fool us.
Times, Sunday Times
He should show a focused attention span in a range of activities, want to enjoy arts and crafts and enjoy being read to.
Times, Sunday Times
Quite properly, the pandemic has focused attention on the resources available in the care sector.
Times,Sunday Times
Her startling evidence has focused attention on the problem of high turnover among poorly paid and often lowskilled carers.
Times, Sunday Times
A decade of poor investment returns and the recent ban on commission-based advice has sharply focused attention on the charges paid on everyday investments.
Times, Sunday Times
full attention
Perhaps less obvious in the narrative is that heresy trials followed a set pattern and that the political sensitivity of this trial prompted full attention to procedure.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
Now he had his full attention it was time to go in with the marketing plan.
Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD (1989)
Not getting people 's full attention on the phone is a curse.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In the meantime, there are more pressing matters that ought to be holding their full attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Thoughts about getting an extra qualification deserve your full attention.
The Sun (2016)
gain the attention of
The two would have numerous and lengthy discourses while others waited to gain her attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Football already faces a battle to gain the attention of the next generation who are into gaming, not necessarily into the game.
Times, Sunday Times
It became apparent a rival unit was trying to gain the attention of the station's new chief.
Times, Sunday Times
He must find the ideas to win back voters, and the platform from which to gain their attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Managers are so paranoid about key players being fit that little else can gain their attention.
Times, Sunday Times
garner attention
Until then, the project has grown in popularity and continues to garner attention from locals and visitors alike.
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People came, films were watched, and the group even began to garner attention in the local daily paper.
Christianity Today
The band continued to play shows and garner attention in the scene.
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These garner attention, and the lack of negative response elicited from the crowd as a whole stands as tacit agreement to their legitimacy.
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In his second season, he scored 11 goals and began to garner attention throughout the league.
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have attention
The course has a limit of eight students so you have maximum attention from our three tutors.
The Sun (2008)
How has it felt to have so much attention this year - are you enjoying the hype?
The Sun (2010)
So far, football has had the government's attention.
Times,Sunday Times (2020)
immediate attention
On occasion a game of such brilliant creativity surfaces that it commands immediate attention.
Times, Sunday Times
He said that managers and staff had been left with a series of recommendations that required immediate attention.
Times, Sunday Times
It's not an album filled with immediate attention grabbers but repeated listens reveal all sorts wondrous twists and turns.
The Sun
Every pastor has had calls in the middle of the night from someone who wants immediate attention for a relatively minor problem.
Christianity Today
The phone rang-it was an emergency that required his immediate attention.
Christianity Today
insufficient attention
In each of the three novels insufficient attention has been paid to structure.
The Times Literary Supplement
It blames a lack of skills, poor strategy and insufficient attention to customers, with one in three suppliers having no business plan at all.
Times, Sunday Times
Sitting at the kitchen table with no one to notice nonessential social surfing or insufficient attention to personal hygiene doesn't feel the way work used to feel.
Times, Sunday Times
Players were also critical that insufficient attention was paid to what could and could not be worn, which led to three incidents of players wearing branded mouthguards and being fined.
Times, Sunday Times
In the run-up to the crisis the emphasis on inflation targeting meant that the build-up to a dangerous instability, including strongly rising asset prices, was given insufficient attention.
Times, Sunday Times
international attention
We are rallying international attention on the humanitarian situation.
The Sun (2011)
Two square miles in the centre of London were truly the focus of international attention.
The Sun (2011)
With the publication of 'The Waste Land 'in 1922, he came to international attention.
Christianity Today (2000)
lack of attention
Perhaps the best example of this lack of attention came over the summer.
Times, Sunday Times
He has since bemoaned the lack of attention devoted to it.
Times, Sunday Times
I was angry about the lack of attention that was being paid.
Times, Sunday Times
How awful if her lack of attention means she hits something/someone living.
The Sun
Every once in a while, others' lack of attention to practicalities reminds you not everybody shares your instinctive understanding of life's obligations.
Times, Sunday Times
lavish attention on
Perhaps you see the holiday season as the perfect time to lavish attention on the fluffy friends in your home.
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He lavished attention on them, making them lively, blending music and speech, working in multiple sound effects from the orchestra's reserves.
Times, Sunday Times
Among other things, it was the first encyclopedia to include contributions from many named contributors, and it was the first general encyclopedia to lavish attention on the mechanical arts.
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The book lavishes attention on practical concerns such as deadlines, contract negotiations, steady production, and sales receipts.
Christianity Today
They may have lavished attention on the ship, but you board through a prefab tower that would not look out of place in a shopping mall.
Times, Sunday Times
loving attention
But he also devoted loving attention to improving the architecture of the campus.
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The five actors do 48 familiar characters, using not only caricature props - beehives, glasses, specs, anoraks - but loving attention to mannerism and voice.
Times, Sunday Times
For example, he's refreshingly open about loving attention.
Times, Sunday Times
This loving attention to detail applies as much to her minor characters as to those central to the story.
Times, Sunday Times
While he lavishes loving attention on 18th-century slang, he takes much less care in bringing to life his plot and the people who inhabit it.
Times, Sunday Times
media attention
She may play hard to get, but she loves the media attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Amid all the coverage of last week's foreign exchange scandal, most media attention focused on the final notices served to the banks involved.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But brands produce such whimsies to get media attention, to create noise.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Yet despite the frenzied media attention there has been little to report.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
medical attention
Great to cover affected areas without sticking while waiting to get to the hospital for medical attention.
The Sun (2016)
And what of the elderly who need care and medical attention?
The Sun (2016)
You need urgent medical attention because it can make you very ill very quickly.
The Sun (2016)
With his left knee already heavily bandaged and sore, the Argentinian appeared unlikely to continue after slipping and needing medical attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Welfare groups claim that the animals receive little care or medical attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
merit attention
A real crisis will still merit attention in a few weeks or months.
Christianity Today
Actually, it's about discerning what and who you can trust versus those arrangements that merit attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Inside, an onyx spiral staircase and steel sculptures led to a private fourthfloor apartment, where only customers wealthy enough to merit attention are invited up to shop.
Times, Sunday Times
For some, the meat-andpotatoes guitar riffs are too derivative to merit attention - but for the converted they continue to carry the torch.
The Sun
Most, however, merit attention only because of the power they wielded, the havoc they unleashed.
Times, Sunday Times
meticulous attention to
Anyway, the bumph says that she pays ' meticulous attention to detail in order to create an image congruent with lifestyle'.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
At work creative ideas come easy but it's your meticulous attention to detail that gets the backing you need.
The Sun (2016)
The focus is on work and well-being and you have a new and meticulous attention to detail for success.
The Sun (2016)
She has become one of the most recognisable pop stars in music thanks to meticulous attention to her outrageous wardrobe.
The Sun (2010)
The way you mix creative ideas with a meticulous attention to detail is the key to success.
The Sun (2011)
minimal attention
So llamas, lizards, dragons and wyverns excite minimal attention.
Times, Sunday Times
When informing the victim, keep your voice low, drawing minimal attention to the situation.
The Sun
They may seem to be struggling, but some are complaining about changes that they're perfectly capable of handling; others could use help, but need only minimal attention.
Times, Sunday Times
But if the story was really so uplifting why did the minister release it when it was guaranteed minimal attention?
Times, Sunday Times
While most regard it for aesthetic purposes, critics find fault with the styles minimal attention to the cities and places visited.
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national attention
It has attracted national attention and potential business from abroad.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is an opportunity for rugby league to grab national attention over the coming four weeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He gained national attention when he tried and failed to get parliament to pass a private bill to stop the development.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
nationwide attention
The incident attracted nationwide attention due to both the brutality and the young age of the perpetrators.
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The tribute band was an instant hit, attracting nationwide attention which led to the band performing up to seven shows a week.
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As college sports have gained notoriety, the nationwide attention towards this issue has gained recognition.
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It sold over 1 million copies and brought her to nationwide attention.
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The success of this project had attracted nationwide attention.
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obsessive attention
His obsessive attention to this ritual hinted at a person who was not as foursquare and unflappable as he pretended.
Times, Sunday Times
The poems gathered here, she explains, exhibit an obsessive attention to the 'self-play' of words.
The Times Literary Supplement
I can report that setting the (now-defunct) record necessitated a bit more than an obsessive attention to detail and inability to let things go ...
Times, Sunday Times
He insisted on using the best materials and his obsessive attention to detail meant that a single boat would often take 3,000 hours to complete.
Times, Sunday Times
I could go on ... but that gives you an idea of the forensic, obsessive attention to detail engineers have put into this car.
The Sun
occupy the attention of
There were other things to occupy their attention online.
The Times Literary Supplement
It may be the artwork in the reservoir that draws you, but once you have arrived it's the old terraced streets that will occupy your attention.
Times, Sunday Times
The study of the ebbs and flows in this complex history continues to occupy the attention of scholars.
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How to offer more effective entries into my work now occupies my attention.
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It occupies his attention by informing him that he needs to be made whole.
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painstaking attention
It recaptures the show itself with painstaking attention to detail.
Times,Sunday Times
She combined painstaking attention to detail with enormous enthusiasm.
Times, Sunday Times
The four-bedroom apartment, finished recently, shows painstaking attention to detail.
Times, Sunday Times
They are finished with painstaking attention to detail, which extends to his perfectly symmetrical tiling around the bathroom sink.
The Sun
Substitute components were carried in special cases to ensure they arrived undamaged, and painstaking attention was paid to parts of the car known to be more vulnerable than others.
Times, Sunday Times
parental attention
More of the infants in these buggies were silent, fewer were speaking and more sought parental attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Their birth order teaches them that it pays off to be patient when waiting for parental attention, which gives them huge levels of perseverance.
Times, Sunday Times
Each was vulnerable, lacked adequate parental attention, had grown up too quickly and often made poor decisions.
Times, Sunday Times
Animals and birds naturally vie with each other from birth for food, parental attention and protection.
Times, Sunday Times
Fighting with siblings as a way to get parental attention may increase in adolescence.
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public attention
Much like the referendum itself it seems inevitable that any election campaign would focus public attention on splits within the governing party.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He began by suffering from being, quite literally, in the glare of public attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Those who bring public attention to ecological matters are sometimes referred to as pressure groups.
Lashford, Stephanie The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food (1988)
Oropharyngeal cancer incidence has recently increased, thereby attracting public attention.
Martín Granados-García 2016, 'Oropharyngeal cancer: an emergent disease?', Salud Pública de México
rapt attention
I was a sixth grader again, listening in rapt attention as she made history come alive with tales from her own memories.
Pickard, Nancy NO BODY (1989)
They listened with rapt attention to his exploits in the recent engagement.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
The jury listened with rapt attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He certainly seems to have succeeded in holding the group's rapt attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The athletes sit on benches and adjust their headphones and hoodies, and we stare at them with the rapt attention of a badger watch.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
refocus attention
The move will refocus attention on the issue of hidden charges imposed by airlines for extras such as heavy bags and better seats.
Times, Sunday Times
Mounting concerns about global growth has refocused attention on gold, which suffered its biggest fall in more than 30 years in 2013.
Times, Sunday Times
But the storm has refocused attention on the gulf between the two candidates' takes on the role of government.
Times, Sunday Times
But this tragic case refocuses attention on the ordeal faced by inexperienced witnesses.
Times, Sunday Times
renewed attention
And what's more, a series of events next month will draw renewed attention to all these problems and will probably make them worse.
Times, Sunday Times
Drawing on the lessons of farm-to-table cuisine, they started paying renewed attention to ingredients and technique.
Smithsonian Mag
The charity called for more funding from all sources, and renewed attention to the disease from researchers and clinicians.
Times, Sunday Times
In the 1980s, after injury had ended her track career, she enjoyed renewed attention as a body builder.
Times, Sunday Times
You must enjoy the renewed attention now?
The Sun
require attention
Having said that, most of us have one or two things that require attention if they're going to see out the winter.
Times, Sunday Times
Once in the sun keep your eyes peeled for any patches you may have missed which require attention.
The Sun
We need to consider the basic needs that require attention.
Times,Sunday Times
The reasons why we do so are manifold and complex, and to address them will require attention to detail.
Times, Sunday Times
Certain issues don't merely require attention, they're highlighting situations that need serious review, if not dramatic change.
Times, Sunday Times
rigorous attention to
To this she opposes a radical literature that pays 'rigorous attention to the damaged and the partial', that favours broken matter over accomplished form.
Times, Sunday Times
Your imaginative ideas and rigorous attention to detail wow your bosses or help you make progress with a plan to run your own business.
The Sun
Rigorous attention to environmental issues isn't optional for the drillers.
Houston Chronicle
What it needed was unannounced inspections, backed up by a rigorous attention to curriculum, a clear focus on outcomes and a refusal to accept 'cultural' excuses.
Times, Sunday Times
scant attention
Amid the focus on the shrinking of deposit account returns, scant attention has been paid to the charges on overdrafts.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet with scant attention given to most of its members, it has also become something of a graveyard for small stocks.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
While she is haunted by her dead daughter, she pays scant attention to her live one.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
We are also concerned that scant attention is being paid to the cost of running the services promised.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
scholarly attention
They were also assumed by many to be transitory, and thus received little scholarly attention.
The Times Literary Supplement
Both came to light during the nineteenth century, and have not wanted for scholarly attention ever since.
The Times Literary Supplement
Among linguists, however, the topic fell out of favour - it was considered too speculative - and for a long time it was not thought to be worthy of scholarly attention.
The Times Literary Supplement
The treatment had scholarly attention and press coverage.
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It has attracted scholarly attention for the questions of its auhorship and the influence of its sources.
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scrupulous attention to
Then we are no longer witnesses, but lawyers arguing the case, not always with scrupulous attention to detail.
Christianity Today (2000)
True, making the best of these requires exactly the scrupulous attention to detail you were just complaining about.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
And perhaps the scrupulous attention that has gone into the making of these people evokes also a deeper and more important sense of care.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
To them he added a scrupulous attention to the demands of the wardrobe.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
He pays scrupulous attention to accent marks and dynamics: hence those quick, lurching, exciting crescendos.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
serious attention
Be warned though, they will attract serious attention.
The Sun
One traditional insight from theology might at least command serious attention, however.
The Times Literary Supplement
About 40 per cent of motorway bridges and 20 per cent of the 18,000-mile road network need serious attention.
Times, Sunday Times
To date, though, the social force has received little serious attention from academics.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet again, and surely not for the last time, she had repaid the affection of her subjects with her serious attention.
Times, Sunday Times
special attention
Empty out the larder, paying special attention to bags of dried fruit, rice or pulses that may have been stored for some time.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Pay special attention to the inner and outer corners of the eye so the blending becomes invisible.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes and say, "You sit over here in a good place.
Christianity Today (2000)
But he admits he is finding life harder following the prestigious award after some special attention from his Six Nations rivals.
The Sun (2009)
Last night special attention was paid to a pan of tinned soup.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
sufficient attention
The charity warned that overstretched maternity units were not paying sufficient attention to existing screening guidelines.
Times, Sunday Times
Continued from page 1 sufficient attention to the common good.
Times, Sunday Times
I hadn't been paying sufficient attention to the pre-ordained plan.
Times,Sunday Times
But not enough of them pay sufficient attention to the big historical problems.
The Times Literary Supplement
Yes, it's easy for cyclists to rant about the evils of motorists who don't pay sufficient attention.
Times, Sunday Times
sustained attention
Higher brain levels of acetylcholine have been linked not just with sustained attention but with 'enhancement of sensory perception'.
Times, Sunday Times
And, more interesting, when it was described as a doctor's coat as opposed to a painter's, sustained attention increased even more.
Times, Sunday Times
It may, nevertheless, thrill us, calm us, and fix our sustained attention.
The Times Literary Supplement
Forgive the corralling of six collections in one short review; all of these authors deserve sustained attention.
Globe and Mail
A midday nap apparently provides a tremendous boost to brain function for adolescents, especially in the areas of sustained attention, spatial memory and non-verbal reasoning.
Times, Sunday Times
turn the attention to
Aim to get yourself up to an eight-out-of-ten level of arousal before you turn your attention to him.
The Sun
Then they can turn their attention to new signings - although they will be more considered this summer than they have been during the previous two.
The Sun
Now it's time to draw breath and turn your attention to how you will manage your money over the next 12 months.
Times, Sunday Times
So should the papers turn their attention to football?
Times, Sunday Times
Just the time to turn your attention to your wardrobe, it seems.
Times, Sunday Times
undivided attention
Remember that prelapsarian age when you gave things your undivided attention?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You must be unconscious of the body to give undivided attention.
Lumsden, Robert 23 Steps to Successful Achievement (1972)
What is a key ingredient of undivided attention?
Christianity Today (2000)
To give your undivided attention to your darlings is a lot to ask of a busy parent.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Now he has the wind in his sails and the undivided attention of the public.
The Sun (2008)
undue attention
So the couple will be kicking themselves for missing the obvious opportunity to wed quietly, without attracting undue attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Of course, that drew some undue attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Some scientists attacked the data, the analyses and conclusions, while others pointed to the media as being responsible for creating undue attention.
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Because the war had just begun and no major battles had been fought, any sort of battle was given undue attention at this stage of the war.
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unwanted attention
Experts say that when males are kept with females there is a tendency for the females to become annoyed with the unwanted attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He cannot afford to draw the unwanted attention of gossip columnists unless he has some ulterior motive for doing so.
Turner, Janine Behind Closed Doors - advice for families with violence in the home (1988)
There is not a postman or milkman alive who has not been at the receiving end of this sort of unwanted attention.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
You may just want to sink into your seat and hide away, but this will only draw unwanted attention and emphasise wobbly bits.
The Sun (2017)
They were fast and stylish and there were enough of them about to avoid unwanted attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
unwelcome attention
He took ten days off and went to Marbella, but could not escape the unwelcome attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Success has brought in its wake some unwelcome attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Perhaps they feared that the impact of the 2 million reward would draw some unwelcome attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
urgent attention
They've left a catalogue of catastrophes that need urgent attention.
The Sun
Prisons should not be forgotten - indeed, they need urgent attention.
Times,Sunday Times
But today's poll provides an excellent checklist that requires the urgent attention of the next government.
Times, Sunday Times
It also highlighted those that needed urgent attention, thus making failure less likely.
Times, Sunday Times
These symptoms need urgent attention from your doc.
The Sun
warrant attention
They applied scholarship to a topic — the seemingly nonsensical rhymes of ordinary people — that had previously been considered too lowbrow to warrant attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Two models from this era do warrant attention.
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That disclosure inevitably overshadowed full-year results whose resilience warranted attention on their own.
Times, Sunday Times
widespread attention
In this case it seems that an amateur forecaster has come up with the big winter freeze story and this has caught widespread attention.
Times, Sunday Times
The artist first drew widespread attention with his army of upside downs in the 1970s.
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It was to gain widespread attention, by means of a trial.
Times, Sunday Times
The case attracted widespread attention in the 1970s.
Times, Sunday Times
From 1963 to 1972, the star was widely believed to host one or more gas giants, accounting for some of the earliest extrasolar planet claims that received widespread attention.
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worldwide attention
It boasts three world champions, although they often attract little worldwide attention because they are at the lower end of the weight scale.
Times, Sunday Times
They spent a year camped out and received worldwide attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Falcon became the focus of worldwide attention after cops were told he had floated off as his dad tested a home-made flying saucer-shaped balloon.
The Sun
Not only was it a thrilling event that captured worldwide attention, the boats were cutting edge and the television coverage made sailing accessible to a wider audience.
Times, Sunday Times
Her talent as a botanical artist was remarkable and attracted worldwide attention, one reviewer describing her as 'one of the great botanical artists still alive'.
Times, Sunday Times
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