Sentence examples for focus on something other from inspiring English sources

But I think it helped to focus on something other than my illness.

I think it nearly always helps to focus on something other than your illness.

Which in turn meant he was a target for bullies; learning magic was a way to make them focus on something other than throwing him in bins.

As to why astronauts toss and turn, the study could suggest only that the search needed to focus on something other than airway obstruction.

The latter have proved popular among mobile workers, who must focus on something other than a computer, such as medical personnel, government inspectors and salespeople.Their scribbles can be converted into computer text or kept as they are.

Men stood in lines outside tiny barber shops, waiting patiently for their holiday trim, and, for a moment at least, the city tried to focus on something other than a lingering political and economic crisis.

"When one has an opportunity to have their mind focused on something other than the possibility of death or fear, it changes the anatomy of the individual, changes the psychology and the emotions and feelings," Mr. Huntsman said.

The store makes his job easier as well, Mr. McWilliams said, by keeping prisoners focused on something other than mischief.

I can't spout off statistics about accident rates but, intuitively, if you're focused on something other than the road you'll get into more collisions.

This has never been more than a fantasy, but it keeps the country of Pakistan focussed on something other than its intractable domestic problems, and it justifies the military's bloated budgets.

The idea is to divide one piece of an institution — often the part that makes money — from another, usually the part that is focused on something other than profits.