Sentence examples for has helped focus from inspiring English sources

Ms. Shields has helped focus attention on postpartum depression.

He believes that fierce scrap for places on the plane has helped focus his players' minds sharply on the task in hand.

CableU, a company that studies cable programming, said in a recent report that HGTV's programming makeover "has helped focus the network to match the mood and needs of its viewers".

In a friendlier vein, Animal Collective, a group originally from Baltimore that uses an array of small machines and some echoey hoots to produce a range of sounds that, if not noise, are certainly noisy, has helped focus attention on the current crop of bands.

9. 1964-65 PONTIAC GTO COUPE All the buzz about the reintroduction of the GTO last year has helped focus attention on the originals, which were made in various body styles through 1974, when they were discontinued because of increasing fuel and insurance costs.

Montana: Mark Riffey's Business is Personal has helped focus blog attention.

The phone recordings, which were turned over to authorities by JPMorgan, have helped focus the investigation, the officials said.

Interviews with serious authors such as Seymour Hersh have helped focus attention on potentially illegal acts by the Bush administration and win a wider audience for their work.

A recent Congressional hearing and the poignant testimony of an unexpected victim — Mickey Rooney — have helped focus new attention on the abuse and exploitation of old people.

"As a group, I think they've helped focus the other perspective, which I'm thankful for," said Doug Banks, a general contractor and school board member who has favored curriculum changes that could lead to criticisms of evolution.

The 11 students told supporters that while the administration had not granted their demands — that Cooper Union's president resign and that it "publicly affirm the college's commitment to free education" and "democratic decision-making structures" — the weeklong occupation had helped focus attention on the tuition issue, which they said they would continue to address.