The phrase "a previous focus on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a past emphasis or concentration on a particular subject or issue.
Example: "The report highlights a previous focus on environmental sustainability in the company's operations."
Alternatives: "an earlier emphasis on" or "a prior concentration on".
Mayfair-based BlueBay has positioned itself as one of Europe's largest bond investors, following a previous focus on hedge funds and special situation units.
Since joining the Brigham & Women's Hospital, a previous focus on neuropsychiatric genetics has been significantly augmented, with a new focus on sleep: specifically, mapping the determinants and consequences of brain activity during sleep.
Some of this variability may be due to a previous focus on sub-clinical depression, inclusion of individuals at the lower or upper ends of the age-span, or assumptions concerning the degree of dominance of the low expressing allele.
Just a few weeks ago, the company raised a debt round to cover expenses as the company switched gears away from a previous focus on augmented reality gaming (which Galligan wrote about for us here).
Technical developments now enable environmental health researchers to widen their gaze from a previous focus on pollutants in occupational settings and contaminated environmental media such as air or water toward contaminants in human tissues.
Regulations on health care are undergoing change, shifting from a previous focus on the needs of patients to health care based on the legal claims underlying patients' rights [ 23, 32].
The scope of the literature regarding quadriceps muscle performance in patients with knee pathologies has changed in recent years, shifting from a previous focus only on the symptomatic knee to a broader view of both lower extremities.
This reflects a developmental perspective from the previous focus on treatment mode to a comprehensive mode of health equity that comprises prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
The new Wonderville focuses on Kindergarten through fifth grade (as opposed to its previous focus on a wider range), allowing parents and teachers to improve their lessons through the inclusion of Common Core-aligned content.
These colleagues altered their previous focus on covering a broad range of topics to accommodate an emphasis on what could be taught well during a semester-long course.
In addition to the company's previous focus on providing a marketplace and tools for creating infographics, videos, and interactive graphics, Visually Campaigns also allows teams to plan their broader campaigns.
