Sentences with phrase «drew real attention»

Protesting during the anthem drew real attention to the cause.

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In that context, the Labo could tap into parents» desire to draw kids» attention away from screens, at least a little bit, acting as a kind of bridge from the digital world back into the real one.

This exciting project and the llama - shaped real estate drew international attention and attracted hundreds of people to uproot their lives and migrate to the desert.

That said, the woman at the synagogue was drawing attention to a real change in our society.

if you seriously think it does, you're simply trying to draw attention away from the real, valid reasons to be pro-life.

Since linguistic signs are matters of historical and cultural convention, when language presents itself as natural rather than drawing attention to its own arbitrariness, it may get granted unquestioned status as the expression of what is real and abiding.

Every time we draw attention to inanimate objects and avoid the very real destructive forces of Islamic terrorism... they win.

The question about the translation of sursum corda draws our attention to the real meaning of that phrase: literally sursum corda would be translated «hearts upward» or «up hearts.»

But i was able to draw their attention to some of the real emotional and spiritual fears that we have.

The incidence of illness and death allowed Paul to bring to draw attention to the underlying cause of sickness: the failure to recognise the Real Presence of Christ.

You have a platform, Dr. Dawkins, an audience, and in some real way I'm very grateful that you drew attention to the pre-natal eradication of people with Down syndrome.

And the humanist blogger Brendan O'Neill drew attention to the real motivation of some of his fellow atheists:

Former AC Milan, Real Madrid attacking midfielder Ricardo Kaka drawing the crowd's attention on the night, alongside Canadian goal scoring machine Kyle Larin who came in to this game with 6 goals in 7 matches.

A coalition of unions known as Up4NYC has been running a weeks - long advertising blitz to draw attention to the issue, and it seems to have given real estate interests some pause.

The election of the SNP devolved administration in 2007 and the real chance of a Conservative Government later this year has drawn attention to that mistake and the need to correct it.

All Mr. Gomez is doing with his comments is drawing attention away from the real issues here,» said Marjorie Velazquez, a local Democratic district leader and candidate for city council.

The reason for this discrepancy, Shafir concluded, was that the former question draws attention to the parents» strengths — which favors Parent B, who boasts two strong attributes despite also having some negative ones — while the latter question highlights the parents» weaknesses — which favors the safer bet, Parent A, who though never rising above «average» in any area has no real negatives.

We suspect that this «junk» HIV can act as a decoy and draw attention away from the «real» virus hiding in the effector memory T - cells,» she said.

Techno - babble attempts to draw the reader's attention away from the real science and focus on nonsensical but important sounding terms and ideas.

This top is a real must have for those ladies who want to draw men's attention.

As what I have mentioned, one the of the solutions in making yourself appear taller than your real height is to draw the attention of the on - looker upward to your face.

Attention is given to the actors» mime training, props and mechanics, the fact that all the animation is hand - drawn, the insanely complex process of achieving animated depth that matched the real world, and on and on.

The second, Robert Greene's Kate Plays Christine, is a fascinating, more unconventional docu - fiction hybrid that's as much about the events leading up to Chubbuck's suicide and the sensationalism that draws the populace's attention to such real - life horrors as it is, per our own Chuck Bowen, «the element of performance that's integral to documentaries.»

This is an awkward problem for me, because I think whitewashing is a serious and real issue, and I fully support the groups drawing attention to it.

There's huge attention to the idea of effective teaching, quality teaching, and from my research background and my knowledge of what's occurring in places like New Zealand and Canada (where I am now), I just believe that there was real need for us to qualify what we mean by «effective teaching» by drawing from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice.

To rehash it now would draw attention away from the real challenges our education system faces.

Strong American Schools has sought to draw attention to the need for real education reform.

A spangly coat of Mr Universe orange further draws attention to the muscle definition; great for photos, but, er, a challenging shade for real life.

25 Don't Fry Friday — This always happens the Friday before Memorial weekend as a way to draw attention to the importance of using sunscreen and the real dangers of skin cancer.

This is the area that drew attention to the province by recording some of the highest real estate prices in the industry.

The first thing that draws our attention are the sectors with above average dividend yields, particularly in telecommunications (6 %), followed by real estate (4.5 %) and utilities (3.4 %).

Beyond that, drawing attention to the real issue of puppy mills — where puppies are bred in intensive, inhumane conditions — can be a challenge, just because it's so depressing.

You really don't want to draw any more attention to yourself by real people more than you need to.

In her book Dark Matters, Simone Browne explains how the placement of Thomas» Branded Head (2004) in light boxes next to real corporate institutions, such as J.P. Morgan, called attention to the fact that these banks put out insurance policies on slaves.4 Though Thomas certainly uses these corporate aesthetics, they are meant to draw attention to the bodies that have been appropriated by the florescent glare, yet also return agency to the subject — calling attention to the hypocrisy evident in the system of production.

The great thing about drawing is that it forces you to pay attention and attentiveness, in the Buddhist sense, is the one way we have to understand what is real.

He uses his brush as a voice and his work as a scream to draw attention and to articulate a real threat: «We do not want to go extinct in silence».

Maisel draws attention to the form by confusing the perception of its layers — the collage within the collage, where the part can not be differentiated from the whole, nor the image from the real thing.

Craig - Martin's selection of this everyday object draws attention to its design, while its bright colour contrasted with the natural landscape of Kensington Gardens, reminding us of the heat of a «real» incandescent bulb.

Using multiple modes of representation, An Unnatural History draws attention to the real, the imagined and what it means to visualize biological life and phenomena that are often invisible to us at first glance.

His 1991 work draws attention to the fact that while few museum patrons are black, there is an ever present cadre of black security guards manning the galleries of the most prestigious museums in the country and, historically, visitors, regardless of their background, have ignored them as though they not real people, but rather inanimate mannequins.

Spencer at # 25: I don't blame the Guardian particularly, but want to draw attention to the overwhelming tendency of media to report delta, real or apparent — a systematic bias that, however understandable, contributes (I suggest) to public misperception of science.

It may not be a real solution to Paris» potholes, but Juliana Santacruz Herrera has certainly come up with an attention - grabbing way to draw attention to the problem: Filling cracks and holes in

It certainly makes no sense to call me fraudulent by mixing localized climate data to draw attention to a public that had been convinced that there had not even been a warm recent past, just to draw attention to the real fraud; hiding the past warmings in the first place!

They do highlight some real risks, but they also draw attention to the many benefits and point out ways to minimize the risks.

Attention has been drawn by Judith to three «features» of the temperature record without any formal assessment of whether the features are real or are just a figment of the mind being drawn to two cherries — one at around 1910 and another at around 1940.

The failure of IPCC scientists to draw attention in real time to the supposedly responsible volcanic events inevitably compromises any attempts to do so after the fact.

In essence, Banks is saying the real purpose of the tweet was to draw attention to the plight of the Rust Belt and U.S. manufacturing.

It's simply drawing undue negative attention that distracts from the real issues while gaining little at all in return.

However, if Masdar City remains an isolated experiment in sustainable living, disconnected from the rest of Abu Dhabi (where rampant construction, wasteful energy use and the dominance of the fossil fuel economy remain the norm), its impact at home will be limited, and it will be seen by many as a green smokescreen, a gimmick whose real purpose is to draw attention away from some of the emirate's less sustainable endeavors.

It may not be a real solution to Paris» potholes, but Juliana Santacruz Herrera has certainly come up with an attention - grabbing way to draw attention to the problem: Filling cracks and holes in the street with colorful yarn.Like other «yarn bombers» (there's even a documentary in the works about them) in urban areas around the world, Herrera's pieces add a touch of whimsy and warmth to what can be cold concrete environments.