I believe in focusing on the positive as much as the negative.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Two Faces of Marvel » Comics Worth Reading] Reference

In fact, they think you need some help in focusing your attention.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-02-01] Reference

The authors did not begin focusing on deaths of recent immigrants until 2004, when 16 died.    From Wordnik.com.  [Immigrant Walkout Monday May 1: Immigrant Walkout - Let Justice Roll Down Like a Mighty Water!] Reference

And she will be, at least in the short term focusing back on her duties as governor of Alaska.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2008] Reference

(I envy those able to take simple pleasure in focusing only on those things already achieved.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Oxford skyline] Reference

Dresses were still in evidence at the New York shows, with some labels focusing heavily on them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference

Sitting and focusing is great, but our creativity can stall if we concentrate too hard sometimes.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Write a Novel in 30 Days | Write to Done] Reference

Hatred is a powerful instrumentality in focusing the energies of a people on the winning of a wax.    From Wordnik.com.  [The English-Speaking World and the Continent of Europe] Reference

Your client will throw you off vigorously, but lovingly persist in focusing attention on the hurt.    From Wordnik.com.  [A PRIMER ON UNLEARNING CLASSISM] Reference

It seems increasingly obvious that Hollywood is interested in focusing more on villains than anything.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bring On Venom! Sony Moving Forward With Venom Spin-Off! « FirstShowing.net] Reference

I see some value in focusing on word stress as I find most pronunciation problems my students stem from there.    From Wordnik.com.  [P is for Pronunciation « An A-Z of ELT] Reference

I sort of referenced the point earlier, but Mark Field is quite right in focusing at the breadth of the problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

Mr. Smisek: This administration is the first to really begin focusing on modernizing the air-traffic control system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lots of Email, Single Message] Reference

Yet in focusing quite so much on the smaller picture, this latest book is in danger of losing the bigger background.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Shoes and Happiness: Summary and book reviews of Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith.] Reference

He finished after about 20 minutes, again focusing on Mrs. Clinton, and they posed for another money shot, with the wave.    From Wordnik.com.  [The View From Unity - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

In the case of chess, it is primarily visual perception, long term focusing of attention, and memory for similar positions.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

I think you are exactly right in focusing on “non-emergency force” — but that undercuts the remainder of your argument.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Indiana Appellate Case on the Right to Resist a Police Officer’s Unlawful Entry] Reference

The stores have played a critical role in focusing attention on new voices through meet-and-greet readings and other promotions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Authors Feel Pinch in Age of E-Books] Reference

Sure, the book is mostly funny ... but don't most women find a lot of strength in focusing on what's just plain amusing in life?.    From Wordnik.com.  [That's What I'm Talking 'Bout | The Stiletto Gang] Reference

Thanks to Nigel (nigelb on freenode) for being so awesome in focusing on this, and I would love to encourage everyone to get involved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Help Needed! Reviewing And Merging Patches | jonobacon@home] Reference

There is a resting place, I think, in focusing on what is in front of us and being confident that whatever shows up we can deal with then.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paying Attention « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference

There's too big an ego component in focusing on being critted, plus it makes you too passive in the process, waiting for external approval.    From Wordnik.com.  [kateelliott: online writing workshops] Reference

Also, Iphone camera has no any kind of focusing, which is really bad.    From Wordnik.com.  [360east | design, media, technology] Reference

This may, however, be a so-called focusing illusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [You're Not Super Rich? You Lucked Out.] Reference

Panasonic DMC FX35 and thought the focusing was a little slow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Digital Camera Reviews] Reference

A half-hour phone call focusing almost entirely on the situation in Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference

The design has been described as focusing on a single category of news at a time.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebProNews Feed] Reference

The first step to solve the problem involves what Crow called focusing on outcomes, not inputs.    From Wordnik.com.  [ASU Web Devil - ASU's Online News Source -] Reference

Yoga teaches mindfulness, the idea of focusing only on the present, says Ellen Barrett, author of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

These all require some adjustment of their parts, called focusing, which adapts them to the distance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference

To capture the photo entitled "Luke Catch" Tijerina recalled focusing on #3 as he ran down the field.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference

To capture the photo entitled "Luke Catch," Tijerina recalled focusing on #3 as he ran down the field.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photography Blog - News] Reference

No one really disagrees with the idea of focusing on common problems instead of retreating into ethnic enclaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black versus Brown] Reference

CAE will host a conference call focusing on fiscal year 2010 third quarter financial results today at 12: 00 p.m.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]

Stokell Motorsport comes in at the training level with the idea of focusing on track days and more personalised training.    From Wordnik.com.  [Car Advice | News Blog] Reference

Square Enix is slated to work on the in-game cinematics for the title, namely focusing on the trailers and introduction cinematic.    From Wordnik.com.  [CS-Nation Forums] Reference

Attention has been defined as a focusing of consciousness, or, if one prefers the form of expression, as "detention in consciousness.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga] Reference

"I also like the idea of focusing on training with power as it really allows me to build very efficient training plans for my athletes.".    From Wordnik.com.  [VeloNews | The Journal of Competitive Cycling] Reference

This refers to the idea of focusing solely on the target you're DPS'ing, while ignoring your partner as well as your opponent's partner.    From Wordnik.com.  [WoW.com] Reference