The phrase "place strong emphasis" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use the phrase when you want to emphasize a particular idea. For example: "We must place strong emphasis on the importance of education."
Many European governments place strong emphasis on integrated land use policies, particularly the re-establishment of public open access greenspaces through brownfield land regeneration.
They take a long-term, strategic view of what their grants can do, and they place strong emphasis on evaluation procedures -- even though measures of success in the nonprofit world are notoriously hard to come by.
Granduca Hotels place strong emphasis on injecting Italian flavors in both its food and its design.
Yoshimura also told Rabinowitz the final cut of the episode should place strong emphasis on Braugher because he felt the story is experienced "through his eyes".
Current theoretical perspectives on reproductive rights place strong emphasis on social structural correlates.
Rehabilitation efforts should therefore place strong emphasis on patients' perceptions of their own health.
The study recommends that information programs that promote CHP need to place stronger emphasis on the profitability of CHP.
The new curriculum for English, maths, science and PE – which will place stronger emphasis on competitive sport and possibly set aside time for outdoor games – will be introduced from September 2013.
Future evaluations of workplace anti-stigma interventions should place stronger emphasis on assessing a potential impact on employees' help-seeking behavior (e.g. health-service utilization), as well as on their mental health (e.g. sick leave, presenteeism).
The church has placed strong emphasis on prevention," he said.
Grube's method also places strong emphasis on the players and their support groups.
