The phrase "shift focus away" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means to redirect attention or redirect the focus towards something else. Example: During the presentation, the speaker used several humorous anecdotes to shift focus away from the technical details and engage the audience.
But in recent months, the Police Department has appeared to shift focus away from the policy.
Dr Alawi fears that the redevelopment of the Masjid an-Nabawi is part of a wider drive to shift focus away from the place where Mohamed is buried.
Similarly, in criticizing the admittedly circus-like nature of the American election season, the Chinese government hopes to shift focus away from its singularly oppressive rule, one that has conferred economic prosperity and violated human rights.
Since then, the Obama administration has tried to shift focus away from the July 2011 date — military commanders said the deadline was encouraging insurgents to bide their time until the United States withdrew — to a new date of 2014 as the end of American combat operations in Afghanistan.
One senior Democratic aide said the party will try to "shift focus away from a debate on the success or failure of the surge to a broader discussion that examines the costs of the war, whether the war has made us safer and the ultimate index of success- when will we be able to bring our troops home".
The Indian central bank is likely to shift focus away from inflation towards growth during 2012, according to its governor.
It will be hard to shift students' focus away from their richest classmates.
Mr. Sager added that, "Some of the smart money, the REIT's, are shifting focus away from Exit 8A and starting to look at properties closer to ports".
Even Pacific Cycle of McFarland, Wis., which owns the rights to manufacture Flexible Flyer sleds, has shifted focus away from the wooden classics.
The incident has not only shifted focus away from the DUP's potential role in propping up a Tory or Labour minority at Westminster after 7 May.
But Tuesday's announcement shifted focus away from yet another faltering effort — an attempt, led by federal officials, to reach a settlement between state attorneys general and the large banks on foreclosure abuses.
