calling attention to
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcalling,attentionandto
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calling
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɔː.lɪŋ/us/ˈkɑː.lɪŋ/
a strong wish to do a job, usually one that is ...
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attention
noun[U]
uk/əˈten.ʃən/us/əˈten.ʃən/
notice, thought, ...
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to
preposition
uk/tuː/us/tuː/
used before a verb to show that it is in ...
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Callingattentionto the 'strength of the weak' in international relations has become virtually a cliche.
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This is effect-driven testing, because the test development team iscallingattentionto something they do not wish to see.
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The first attempts to undermine a fairly simple utilitarian justification for relatively free markets bycallingattentionto its apparent circularity.
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It must be stressed thatcallingattentionto disagreements and ambiguities in the usage of a key concept does not, by itself, invalidate that concept.
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Others, who behave as if their parents' return had no special meaning, attempting to avoid interaction withoutcallingattentionto the relationship, are classified insecure-avoidant.
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Public disagreements with men andcallingattentionto themselves while in society at large were discouraged, but this was a strategic stepping back.
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Callingattentionto the policy anomalies that developed under a paradigm which gave priority to agricultural expansion over water conservation, the report sparked strong public interest.
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In the transcript, it functions bycallingattentionto itself and thereby disrupting any possible illusion that the action of the dialogic narrative is unproblematic.
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They convey content withoutcallingattentionto form.
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The primary goal is to force the government to make substantive political and legal changes bycallingattentionto the erasure that has been central to the dominant ideology.
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Prosodic features such as stress and intonation are important cues for determining word boundaries, and there is some evidence thatcallingattentionto these features is helpful to listeners.
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Leading physiologists reassured fearful believers bycallingattentionto the rift that their discipline had actually opened between scientific analysis of nerve systems and understanding of the mind.
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Students responded positively,callingattentionto the value of predictions, the usefulness of discussion with a partner, and the motivational effect of learning to understand authentic texts.
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But justcallingattentionto oneself in a social world that already makes a movement relatively weak and its ideas unpopular can rarely be a winning approach.
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I cannot helpcallingattentionto the superb gallantry of the men who went down to rescue their comrades.
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I want specially to express impatience with the type of argument which makes excuses for present failures bycallingattentionto the special difficulties.
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There will also be a postmark slogan this yearcallingattentionto the lists.
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That circular, whilecallingattentionto the need for economy, emphasised the danger of overdoing economy.
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Would it not be possible to resume the monthly statements,callingattentionto any exceptional circumstances that occur?
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Your prison missionary called me a traitor forcallingattentionto the creed he preaches.
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