"And a lot of these bullying prevention and intervention programs that focus on bystanders have been shown to be the effective programs because they focus on changing that bystander behavior.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

"Malawi is a landlocked state, it is one of the ones that we tend to worry most about, and yet it has demonstrated that when you focus attention on a problem you can make progress."

VOA: special.2010.04.26

"That's the wonderful thing about Earth Day is that it really provides a platform, an opportunity for grassroots organizations and community organizations to really focus on what's happening in their neighborhoods and their homes in their communities, in their businesses and to focus on the priority problems and to engage people maybe for the first time in taking environmental action."

VOA: special.2010.04.21

"So that was a relief. I was able to put it to the side a bit, focus on football.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

The event's final declaration, negotiated over a nine-month period, is expected to focus on economic, environmental and energy concerns.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

From Asia,Secretary Gates will travel to Slovakia for a meeting of NATO defense ministers expected to focus on Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

"The number one area we need to focus on, the biggest potential vulnerability, is a bomb on the body,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"If you want to find a scapegoat you can, but that is not the main issue on which you want to focus.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

A Vatican spokesman said developing an ideology of confidence in condoms fails to focus on personal responsibility.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

He says the South needs to focus any talks on preventing a repeat of such an incident.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

But a new study says, most continue to focus on consumption, And those values will have to change to avoid more environmental damage.

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

"I wanted to focus on what seems to me to be a most egregious waste of money.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

One exhibit has taken a different tack focus on some of the world's beauty spots,wilderness and wildlife.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

A year ago,he was campaigning for the presidency on the presumption that Iraq was a big mistake and we needed to focus on Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22