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

For the other three Gospels lay emphasis on it as being part of His teaching, especially during the later stage of His ministry.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander

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