Sentence examples for misdirected attention from inspiring English sources

"I want the AIDS bill to pass," Mr. Hyde said, "and I think misdirected attention to other issues might overly burden the AIDS bill".

Nathan Fox of the University of Maryland says that when the anima erupts in high-risk children, it often takes the form of excessive vigilance and misdirected attention.

This Article argues that this misdirected attention is responsible for why these two areas remain disconnected: both welfare and education laws have ignored the immediate needs of children, while focusing instead on regulating the institutions surrounding them.

As a teacher, I find the misdirected attention from student achievement to the political correctness of the mascot another indication of our society's misguided priorities and lack of effort to improve achievement.

Critics admit the story is touching, but say it misdirects attention.

Or rather, because the generalisation can't be sustained, isn't this kind of serial killer a bit like this kind of film director - laying clues, misdirecting attention, thriving on the creation of anxiety?

By misdirecting attention on reducing public debt and the deficit, the burden is increasingly placed on the private sector to generate growth by expanding on the existing mountain of private sector debt in the face of persistent current account deficits.

UPDATE 4: Because gun activists are seeking to misdirect attention from the real story here by raising questions about the photo I and others used to depict the events of Saturday, I have pulled the photo in order to force these folks to actually address the story-not the photograph.

Usually in this con, a hustler fakes blindness to misdirect attention as a card-game is stacked.

Usually in this con, a hustler fakes blindness to misdirect attention as a card-game is stacked or a casino is knocked over.

But some are uncomfortable with including these groups and worry that if they are considered "queer" as well, it will distract or misdirect attention away from securing rights and recognition for more traditionally defined queer people.