lay emphasis on
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Critics of the new measure also say that it may be counter-productive to lay emphasis on learning more languages when the army should focus more on training, strategy and tactics to actually contain these problems.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2017
The Denver poll promises to lay emphasis on research on polling methods, a thing which is the urgent concern of all reliable pollsters.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the formation of National and Local Spiritual Assemblies was taking place, the Guardian began to lay emphasis on the importance of their securing recognition as “corporate persons” under civil law.
From Century of Light by Baha'i International Community
There is more or less effort to discredit books as educative tools and to lay emphasis on oral instruction and manual training.
From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Arthur E. Bostwick
This use of the word tends to lay emphasis on the mind as self-determined in relation to external objects.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
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