The phrase "as focus for" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey the idea of serving as a central point of attention or interest, but it is not a commonly used expression.
Example: "The research project was designed as a focus for community engagement and participation."
Alternatives: "as a focal point for" or "as a center for".
Supposedly, the monument has to be moved because it serves as focus for pro-Russian demonstrations against Estonia and because it inflames hardline Estonian nationalists.Predictably, Russia portrays the planned move as pure vindictiveness, a sign of resurgent Nazi sympathies and of ingratitude towards Soviet sacrifices.
Boos for Zuma interesting and v S African: politically passionate nation......there is a long history here of memorial services acting as focus for political feeling.
Even transient bacteremia can be a serious matter for those with prosthetic devices (which can serve as foci for infection) or for those with debilitating medical conditions that increase susceptibility to bacterial invasion.
Yet many of the commercial sectors the company lists as focuses for its PR activities – "oil and gas", "mining", "financial institutions", "Russia" – suggest a readiness to work at the more rugged end of international capitalism.
Even weaker and less organized areas of thunderstorms lead to locally cooler air and higher pressures, and outflow boundaries exist ahead of this type of activity, which can act as foci for additional thunderstorm activity later in the day.
This observation may suggest that microcolonies, as distinct from non-microcolony biofilm bacteria, may play an important role as foci for genetic adaptation and evolution.
Plants introduced to rural areas in the humid highlands and urban areas on the arid coast act as foci for invasion of the surrounding Galapagos National Park.
As such, endotracheal tubes may serve as foci for bacteria in the biofilm that invariably forms on the inner lumen.
Homologous alleles on different plasmids could influence the organization and evolution of the Borrelia genome by serving as foci for interplasmid homologous recombination.
[ 2] Their role in dental caries, periodontal disease, root canal infections, infections of the hard and soft oral tissue, as well as their importance as foci for disseminated infectious disease is well established.
But here he is, the subject of a festival to start the Great Performers season at Lincoln Center as well as a focus for the entire Carnegie Hall season.
