central focus

collocation in English

meaningsofcentralandfocus

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central
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.trəl/
us
/ˈsen.trəl/
in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part ...
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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 ofcentralandfocusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcentral focus

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However, if memorywork is thecentralfocusfor the oral history interviewer, then the relationship between interviewer and interviewee needs to be unpacked more carefully.
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On reading through the text, however, one begins to develop an uneasy feeling that itscentralfocusis the provider and not the older person.
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Thecentralfocusin the study of syntactic awareness has been its relation to reading ability.
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It is these discourses which form thecentralfocusof this study.
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The precise nature and cause of her injury, therefore, became acentralfocusof inquiry in the case, which unfolded as follows.
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From the first self-titled album, horrific events involving children appear to be acentralfocus.
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Given itscentralfocuson farmer-state relations, the analysis is most convincing up to the period of retrenchment beginning in the 1980s.
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Thecentralfocusof the book is a comparative approach to con-ict and its resolution in early modern urban communities.
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Mycentralfocusis on the sequential structure of the congressional election season.
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Acentralfocusof this research has been to determine when and in what direction interaction takes place.
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In one, individuals kept their gaze on thecentralfocusand pointed in the dark.
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At this point, thecentralfocusbecame the ambient sounds of spaces and the context of sound.
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As a language socialization study, thecentralfocuswas on adult-child interactions in the home, school, and community.
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Alongside thiscentralfocus, more attention is required to deal with conflict and fragmentation : in families, in local communities and in neighbouring regions.
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The impact of this foregrounding of the performer as acentralfocusof musicological study has, however, been somewhat patchy.
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Youthful heterosexual relationships prior to, but not necessarily resulting in, marriage are thecentralfocusof this article.
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Thatcentralfocusis reinforced by the slight curve provided as the outer members' bodies face inward to the centre.
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This latter problem is, of course, acentralfocusof models of self-organization.
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Thecentralfocusof the research was the 'invisible work' undertaken by district nursing team members.
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At times, one loses sight of where the narrative is going and what thecentralfocusis.
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