Excessive emphasis on received wisdom (too often, a contradiction in terms), and lack of emphasis on the need to determine and analyse the facts, may possibly help to produce high examination grades but is a poor preparation for responsible decision-making.
It doesn't deserve the emphasis it receives from most pundits.
The supposed economic benefits of tax cuts received less emphasis; the populist rationale -- you, personally, pay too much in taxes -- was played up.
This give-and-take between education and other social development factors has received more emphasis since the unveiling of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) last year.
The responsibilities of parents and godparents have received great emphasis in the church's rite of baptism for children, which was first promulgated in 1969 and subsequently revised.
As for the long-term proposals in the report, several experts said they were pleased that conservation received greater emphasis than had been expected, particularly after Vice President Dick Cheney threw cold water on the idea several weeks ago.
Partly because Britain and the United States relied on carrier-based aircraft armed with conventional torpedoes, bombs, and unguided rockets to attack naval targets, antiship missiles at first received little emphasis in the West after the war.
Multifunctional reactors are not new, but they have received much emphasis in research in the last decade.
Clinical competence remains an issue in nursing and has received greater emphasis than academic competence.
Although research remains on top, undergraduate education has received increasing emphasis in recent years, even at top-tier research institutions.
