Sentence examples for focus worldwide from inspiring English sources

Their arguments, strongly opposed by the Missouri attorney general, seemed likely to focus worldwide attention on the Supreme Court when the case, Roper v. Simmons, No. 03-633, is argued in October.

Beyond the honor bestowed on the winners, the science prizes focus worldwide attention on important discoveries, including many that have shaped the practice of medicine and the course of research.

Many Okinawans have mixed feelings: They are delighted that the conference will focus worldwide attention on them and their culture, but are worried that the meeting will be seen as a quick fix for their longstanding problems.

Commentators throughout the Middle East were comparing Adnan to Bobby Sands, the I.R.A. prisoner who died after a 66-day hunger strike, saying that Adnan might focus worldwide attention on the plight of Palestinian prisoners, the way Sands did for the Irish Republicans' cause.

The durability of alkali-activated materials (AAMs) in aggressive environments, such as carbonation, chloride penetration and sulfate attack, have been a research focus worldwide.

Understanding and modelling the dynamic behaviour of particulate systems has been a major research focus worldwide for many years.

These events focused worldwide attention on South Africa.

Mr Davie says he is interested in "focusing Worldwide, not restricting its ability to grow".

Films such as Hets (1944; Torment, or Frenzy), directed by Alf Sjöberg and written by Ingmar Bergman (who had joined Svensk in 1942), focused worldwide attention on Swedish films.

The drama of Berlin's reunification and Communism's collapse focused worldwide interest on all things German, and German classes in American public schools saw significant enrollment increases.

They focused worldwide attention on the small 1,050 sq km region where the Nigerian oil industry first developed in the 1950s, but which was hit hardest by oil spills.