special focus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspecialandfocus
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special
adjective
uk/ˈspeʃ.əl/us/ˈspeʃ.əl/
not ordinary ...
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focus
noun
uk/ˈfəʊ.kəs/us/ˈfoʊ.kəs/
the main or central point of something, especially of attention ...
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(Definition ofspecialandfocusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofspecial focus
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A new project cycle is beginning this year, andspecialfocuswill be placed on verbal semantics.
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The above case is the default situation, where no word carriesspecialfocusor emphasis.
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In this paper we address the first question with aspecialfocuson bisimulation equivalence.
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She is a specialist in music education withspecialfocuson curriculum studies and sociology of music/music education.
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It is very good policy to involve the parents themselves in the experience of composing throughspecialfocusparents' meetings.
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Theirspecialfocusis on the nutritional status and mortality of children.
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The next two models have been developed to explain the foreign language learning process with aspecialfocuson multiple acquisition in an instructed context.
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Even there they are perhaps best treated as a subset of pronouns, given the identity of meaning, but are worth giving somespecialfocus.
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He is currently carrying out research on language variation in the speech of pre-adolescents with aspecialfocuson discursive and syntactic variation.
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Thisspecialfocusis also reflected in an expansion of the set of independent variables examined.
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In the reviewing process, we used a predetermined checklist withspecialfocuson methodology supplemented by general information on the reports.
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I have thus tried to outline chronologically the developments of vocal performance art, with aspecialfocuson vocalcomposer-performers who use the electroacoustic voice.
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This paper provides a descriptive review of the literature related to spirituality and health, with aspecialfocuson spirituality within palliative and end-of-life care.
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In this provocative book, six coauthors, representing cognitive psychology, connectionism, neurobiology, and dynamical-systems theory, synthesize a new theoretical framework for cognitive development withspecialfocuson language acquisition.
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In this provocative book, six co-authors, representing cognitive psychology, connectionism, neurobiology, and dynamical-systems theory, synthesize a new theoretical framework for cognitive development with aspecialfocuson language acquisition.
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Many of these errors involve mistakes in the initial consonant mutations, which is particularly unfortunate in a work with aspecialfocuson initial consonant mutations.
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I would therefore like to stress the need forspecialfocuson the negative impact of the current economic crisis on the most rural areas.
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They need aspecialfocus, especially through the structural funds, as a key ingredient for the future.
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