extra attention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextraandattention
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extra
adjective
uk/ˈek.strə/us/ˈek.strə/
added to what ...
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attention
noun[U]
uk/əˈten.ʃən/us/əˈten.ʃən/
notice, thought, ...
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(Definition ofextraandattentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As dispersed features were encountered everywhere, only concentrations receivedextraattention.
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In many cases, theextraattentionmay also provide them with additional information that facilitates coping.
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Such uses will receiveextraattentionin the discussion of the data, though.
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The study underlines the need to develop further screening tools, while payingextraattentionto psychosocial and motivational aspects.
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The teacher will have to give themextraattentionand will have to recognise their difficulties.
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I should, in this connection, like to press forextraattentionfor universities in developing countries.
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I can see a danger of extra payment being offered forextraattention.
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If it cannot do that, anyextraattentionto health will make no difference at all.
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It is good that the report asks forextraattentionfor the encouragement of voluntary donation.
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That is what parents want—not a few children siphoned off forextraattention.
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We have been able to give assurances about delivery mechanisms and theextraattentionto be paid to those issues.
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The child is thus not singled out at school but receives theextraattentionthat is required.
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In such schools, classes must be larger, and they contain more than one age group, so they needextraattention.
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Therefore, on statistical grounds alone, think it can be proved that rural areas do require a littleextraattention.
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Several tracks garneredextraattentionand their own positive reception.
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We try at all times to impress upon farmers the importance of doing this, but his supplementary question will drawextraattentionto the subject.
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They must have the modest additional resources in terms of teacher time within each school to give that necessaryextraattentionand intensive teaching.
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Therefore, those are five more areas where we are giving carefulextraattention, in addition to the work that is going on now.
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Thirdly, it presupposesextraattentionin wage bargaining for the unacceptable differential of 20 to 30 % which still persists between male and female earnings.
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Our system of control—licensing of the facilities andextraattentionto the movement of special waste—is similar to the systems employed in most industrialised countries.
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Everyone knows that the new idea of education means a certain amount of individual attention to the child, and we are endeavouring to provide thatextraattention.
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They are now doing that round somewhere remote from the national health hospital and therefore the national health patient is missing that bit ofextraattention.
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They see the increased anxiety of the wife who is called upon, in addition to her other cares, to giveextraattentionto the injured husband.
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The use of archival footage in video especially calls forextraattention.
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Officers were told to giveextraattentionto parking garages and any suspicious vehicles.
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