Sentence examples for off attention from inspiring English sources
Beckham, like any truly great receiver, is siphoning off attention to other Giants' receivers.
The politicised church, which has submerged religion under politics but claims to be the only real keeper of the flame, feeds off attention from vote-hungry politicians.
There are two Murakamis — the one who staves off attention in his native land, and the one who embraces such love and accolades, in New York, San Francisco and other major cities across America and Europe, and in the pages of The New Yorker.
Even when the setting is contemporary, Morrison's books feel old-fashioned, set in a world where the perpetual distraction of the media hasn't diluted people's fascination with their neighbors, where the misadventures of J.Lo and P. Diddy don't siphon off attention from the scandal next door.
"You can turn off attention detection as a user," says Federighi.
Most models feed off attention, which means it can get competitive sometimes.
He advises turning off attention-sappers such as automatic email notifications, and arranging desks so they don't point towards anything interesting – like people walking around outside, but admits: "Sometimes these strategies come with their own costs – turning off your iPod or mobile, for example, can trigger a yearning or even pressure that can get quite distracting in itself.
Its sequel, a 134-hour long broadcast of an arctic cruise liner's journey along the Norwegian coast, became so popular that emergency rescuers had to use water cannons to fend off attention-seekers following the liner in smaller boats.
Some topics have received concentrated but one-off attention such as a mini-series of papers relating to globalization and social determinants of health published in [ 2007][ 2, 4] to coincide with the Interim Statement of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Until then, though, you will find yourself putting off specific attention to upcoming dates––those that don't require attention to special concerns.
They called it "showing off" and "attention seeking".
