The phrase "a bit of emphasis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to highlight or stress a particular point or idea in your writing.
Example: "To ensure clarity, I want to add a bit of emphasis on the importance of deadlines in our project."
Alternatives: "a touch of emphasis" or "a little emphasis".
When I mentioned this, he said, "In the lull before the event — I won't say storm — I begin to consider how I might put a bit of emphasis here or there to get a good conversation going".
It's no surprise then that the Duolingo course puts quite a bit of emphasis on this.
It's no secret that real estate site Zillow has been putting quite a bit of emphasis on the rental side of the housing market recently.
Maybe it's no surprise that Microsoft is putting quite a bit of emphasis on the Graph during its Build developer conference this week.
Or just stick liberal in when you need a bit of negative emphasis.
"When we're able to do our play-action stuff, and he's the guy that we're faking to, adds a little bit of emphasis on those linebackers stepping up and everyone having to fill in a little bit more," Goff said.
I mean, a lot of these approaches really use exactly the same components, they just rearrange them in different ways, sometimes with a bit of a different emphasis.
Breaking into English seems to happen for a few reasons: speaking to English people; indicating social class; characters giving it a bit of attitude; for gratuitous dramatic emphasis.
Conquest, plundering and playing, that's what Pablo was referring to, and modern-day travellers do a bit of each, hopefully with the emphasis on the last - well, at least when they can drag themselves away from the library and the dining room.
On the other side of the coin, it may be a bit of a drawback, because of the emphasis on western medicine that nursing training involves.
This scene with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and two mumbling old guys involves quite a bit of head turning and and varying emphasis.
