Sentence examples for serving as a focal point from inspiring English sources

J. Cofer Black, the State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism, told Congress last week: "Iraq is currently serving as a focal point for foreign jihadist fighters, who are united in a common goal with former regime elements, criminals and more established foreign terrorist organization members to conduct attacks against coalition and Iraqi civilian targets.

Stanhope's central location underscores our high hopes for the center that it will play an integrative and catalytic role, serving as a focal point for scholarship and teaching as well as a source of ideas and opportunities that radiate outward to the four corners of our campus.

Although it is situated "in the middle," the video clip is in fact the primary ingredient in the design, serving as a focal point of the videocase.

The Echo Park record store abruptly closed this month after seven years of pushing against the streaming revolution by selling vinyl LPs, hosting live bands in its loft and serving as a focal point for the neighborhood's independent music culture.

But the beloved Echo Park record store abruptly closed on Saturday after seven years of slinging LPs, hosting live bands in its loft and serving as a focal point for the neighborhood's independent music culture.

For example, community health workers (CHWs) have become an integral part of the health system in many developing country settings [ 8], serving as a focal point in their communities for issues surrounding health and undertaking tasks such as surveillance, drug distribution and community education [ 6].

Peter and Paul serves as a focal point of the historic district.

In many cases, they serve as a focal point for larger-scale master plans.

The Center for Information Technology Policy serves as a focal point for much of this work.

The Graduate Community Center (GCC) serves as a focal point for meetings and activities in the graduate community.

The United States had served as a focal point of STEM developments.