The phrase "attention privately" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to suggest focusing on something in a private manner, but the wording is awkward and unclear.
Example: "Please give your attention privately to the matter at hand."
Alternatives: "private attention" or "confidential focus".
Most social services departments, the report says, pay little attention to privately fostered children.
And as council members sense that a budget agreement is drawing near, they have begun to turn their attention, at least privately, to another matter closely related to redistricting: whether to modify the term limits law or leave it alone.
But sometimes giving a student positive attention verbally, even privately, is too intimate.
Although development has not been excessively chaotic, there is a clear case for more effective regulation as well as greater attention to infrastructure in privately-managed utilities and in the public transport system.
Special attention should be given to privately owned CHCs as international evidence has shown that private organizations are less likely to provide training for their employees [ 50- 51].
Mr Kniazhytsky says American and European Union diplomats in Kiev also applied pressure privately and that attention from the international media, including CNN, helped.
Although Bloomberg, which is privately held, draws attention for its media ambitions, a vast majority of the company's projected $6.3 billion in revenue -- and nearly all of its profit -- derives from financial information systems.
Although Bloomberg, which is privately held, draws attention for its media ambitions, a vast majority of the company's projected $6.3 billion in revenue — and nearly all of its profit — derives from financial information systems.
His tweetstorm got the attention of an investor, who privately messaged him and promised to match $100K if he was able to raise $100K first.
A pittance when compared with the expected $10 billion in hardware sales, but enough to get the attention of rivals, such as privately held vendors like International Network Services (INS), Clear Systems, and DeskTalk.
However, this point of view should not divert the attention from efforts to develop privately-supported and cost-effective methods for conservation.
