public attention

collocation in English

meaningsofpublicandattention

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public
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
us
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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attention
noun[U]
uk
/əˈten.ʃən/
us
/əˈten.ʃən/
notice, thought, ...
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(Definition ofpublicandattentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpublic attention

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The rescue operation, attracted greatpublicattention.
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And thenpublicattentionmoved on.
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This study attracted little media orpublicattention.
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Publicattentionto the unsustainability of this trend is deflected by the wartime rhetoric.
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It has also received morepublicattentionthan musicological matters normally do.
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Thepublicattentiongiven to breast cancer for years is now channeled toward heart disease.
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Independent expeditions can also attract widepublicattentionvia films, lectures, articles, books, and the media.
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Cases involving resistance fighters and collaborators were also brought topublicattentionduring the 1980s.
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In its aftermath, scientific and technological undertakings again became the focus ofpublicattention.
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Here the drought in early 2000 resulted in extremely heavy fires that gained widepublicattention.
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Events that are later interpreted as a "tragedy" do not come topublicattentionundigested.
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That level may well approximate the point at which cases reach the threshold forpublicattentionand subsequent agency confirmation.
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It was a popular wonder and received clamorouspublicattentionfor its size, beauty, and surprising strength.
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Moreover, since their novelties quickly paled, revivalists were condemned to a cycle of ever greater sensationalism to holdpublicattention.
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With increasingpublicattentionregarding the preservation of the environment, the development of oil clean-up technologies has gained considerable interest.
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Patients may demand specific medical interventions, particularly in the context of intensepublicattention to health and ready access to health information.
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How far did the these movements use pictures to drawpublicattentionto their aims or warn against the dangers of a world without peace?
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Protestant churches contribute, then, topublicattentionto access to healthcare by speaking sometimes prophetically, raising their voice against injustices in healthcare delivery.
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When would there be another gathering of such hard-working delegates, with so muchpublicattention, and afterwards, so great a claim to popular mandate?
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In 1949,publicattentionwas drawn to the fact that the only care available to older people were institutions with a wide range of clients.
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The covertness of privatisation in community care poses enormous challenges for mobilisingpublicattention and for working toward more adequate and equitable provision.
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They need far morepublicattention.
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Meantimepublicattentionwould be concentrated.
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It would have enormously concentratedpublicattention.
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