Sentence examples for ago focusing on from inspiring English sources

Operation Midland investigated claims that boys were sexually abused by a number of public figures more than 30 years ago, focusing on allegations made by a man known as "Nick", and two other complainants who came forward later.

"Did going out and looking for talent as a scout bring him joy and pleasure?" Ogilvie, 80, wrote a study entitled "The unidimensional human being" nearly 25 years ago, focusing on former athletes unable to cope with retirement.

The American coverage has, of course, been a single story reminiscent of the same talking points surrounding NAFTA almost 20 years ago, focusing on the (hopeful) benefits of such a drastic change to Mexico's economy: a more robust private sector injected with fresh capital, a stable means toward growth and a short-term fix to hedge the fluctuating Mexican Peso against other world currencies.

At a round-table discussion a few years ago, focused on the high failure rate for Alzheimer's drugs, Dr. Berry was amazed to hear one drug company researcher admit to such thinking out loud.

That is why peace studies has, since the last Encyclopedia of Peace 25 years ago, focused on positive action – for example mediation, reconciliation and nonviolent civil resistance to dictatorship and injustice.

The Reisleys' quest for a home 57 years ago focused on finding a New York City suburb that would best suit their lifestyle, offer a high-performing public school system and be within their financial reach.

An investigation into AIBA that was completed more than a year ago focused on a $10 million loan from a company in Azerbaijan to help pay for a new league in North America.

But since a business school's reputation rests largely on its full-time, daytime program for a master's degree in business administration, Baruch five years ago focused on developing such a program, building it around a small honors program for students who were given free tuition and laptop computers.

"S.P.L.C. long ago focused on combating the Ku Klux Klan, but then abused the reputation it earned for those efforts by demonizing political opponents through the use of hate and extremist lists to stifle speech by people who presented no risk of violence," Mr. Jacobson said.

Octopart /> Vertical search engine Octopart, which launched not too long ago, focuses on putting an end the inadequate search engines used by electronics parts manufacturers.

Whereas the mentality five years ago focused on brick and mortar being replaced by cloud services, the current mentality focuses on using digital and physical channels as complements to differentiate and drive better customer engagement.