The phrase "attention otherwise" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear without context.
It could be used in situations where you want to indicate that attention should be directed differently or to a different matter.
Example: "Please give your attention otherwise to the upcoming deadlines that need to be met."
Alternatives: "focus elsewhere" or "redirect your attention".
They wouldn't get any attention otherwise".
Give these green stems of thought your passionate attention, otherwise they may be dead by Christmas.
"I think that made the research-access question of greater interest to people who would not have been paying attention otherwise and to some politically active people who would not have been paying attention otherwise," she said.
Pay close attention, otherwise the climactic runway-show shoot-out (more models falling down!) won't make any sense.
Mr. Paul also showered praise on his youthful supporters, crediting them for bringing his message to their parents and others who might not have paid attention otherwise.
It calls for care and attention, otherwise what the skiers call the textile brake - the seat of the pants - comes into action.
The jihadist seeks the explosion to get us to pay attention, because otherwise no one would.
The rest of the cricketing world, whose attention would otherwise be fixed on the Champions Trophy, an eight-team competition for the leading nations that starts in Great Britain on Thursday, has looked on agog and warily.
(It's not unusual for The Times to make changes to articles online. When a factual error is corrected, that is drawn to the reader's attention, but otherwise, incremental changes are not generally noted).
The group's strategy was to offset the Indian lobby by targeting members of the Congressional committees that focus on foreign affairs with private briefings and events, staging activities that would draw media attention and otherwise to elevate the issue of Kashmir — the disputed region between India and Pakistan that each country controls in part but claims entirely — in Washington.
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison does not watch football, unless it is of the game-film variety, so his attention was otherwise occupied Monday night while the rest of the N.F.L. was riveted by the Patriots' near-miss victory over the Ravens.
