sufficient attention

collocation in English

meaningsofsufficientandattention

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sufficient
adjective
uk
/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/
us
/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/
enough for a ...
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attention
noun[U]
uk
/əˈten.ʃən/
us
/əˈten.ʃən/
notice, thought, ...
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(Definition ofsufficientandattentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsufficient attention

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It has, however, not been givensufficientattentionin the small literature on these collectors.
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This seems to me absurd, and perhaps this consequence has not receivedsufficientattention.
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People have not paidsufficientattentionto the context in which shall and will are spoken.
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The policy analysis literature has not paidsufficientattentionto resource mobilisation.
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There was notsufficientattentionto the fact that monetary policy was even a relevant consideration.
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There is a consensus that existing programs in control do not paysufficientattentionto experimental work.
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This matter has not receivedsufficientattention.
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This is a subject which is not givensufficientattention.
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Today's debate has not paidsufficientattentionto drugs.
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This point has not been givensufficientattention.
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Today, this aspect is not being givensufficientattention.
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Perhaps notsufficientattentionhas been paid to this aspect.
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Does the standard house givesufficientattentionto these?
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We have not givensufficientattentionto that.
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They never paysufficientattentionto fringe benefits.
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I feel thatsufficientattentionis never paid to that.
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I did not drawsufficientattentionto it before.
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We have never givensufficientattentionto certain aspects.
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Sufficientattentionhas not been given to the matter.
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That fundamental distinction has not yet receivedsufficientattention.
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One of the shortcomings of the book is the lack ofsufficientattentionto the ' losers ' of the reform period, specifically subaltern sectors.
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Interlingual uncertainty such as ambiguity, vagueness and other meaning indeterminacy is an area that has not receivedsufficientattention, in particular with regard to language used in law.
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They did not paysufficientattentionto that, or they did not paysufficientattentionto something, and it is hard for us to know what.
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It has never paidsufficientattentionto the machinery of government.
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In the past we have not paidsufficientattentionto the careers staff of our schools.
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