Sentence examples for ounce of attention from inspiring English sources
The only sane response to the world's AIDS crisis remains prevention -- a response that hardly attracts an ounce of attention, let alone pounds, dollars or rubles.
"Berkshire's whole record has been achieved without paying one ounce of attention to the efficient market theory in its hard form," he said, adding that the results of that efficient market doctrine in corporate finance "became even sillier than they were in the economics".
Without hesitation, I would say that Half the Sky deserves every ounce of attention, both for bravely taking on the oppression of women in developing countries and for writing about such an overwhelming topic in an engaging and even hopeful style.
This is because he comes from a culture in which mothers focus every ounce of their attention on their offspring and don't acknowledge their own need for independence as women.
His only concern came at the very end of the race, when the course rounded a series of sharp corners on its way toward the Pietermaritzburg rugby stadium: Negotiating these turns required every ounce of my attention, because my balance was precarious.
He gives everything he has to them -- every ounce of energy, attention, patience and love that he has within.
Davenport, without an ounce of envy, allowed her opponent for Saturday's final, Venus Williams, to collect all of the attention.
Prevention all too often gets little attention, despite being culturally ingrained, as typified by Benjamin Franklin's proverb "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," and although it is often highly effective and cost-effective.
Mix two ounces of misanthropy, one ounce of anomie and a jigger of acrid humor.
"Haven't an ounce of patience".
