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
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
It is true that these men turned to scientific investigation, but in so doing they escaped from the high altitudes in which Plato thought, and tended to lay emphasis on the mundane side of philosophy.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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
