The focus on corporate security also appears to be increasing the popularity of background checks on job candidates.

Now the focus appears to be exclusively economic.

The focus on a complex process of negotiations appears to exclude the possibility of structural change.

As a group, the focus appeared to be elsewhere.

"In any case, the focus appears to have changed."

The company's focus appeared to be exploration and production.

The candidate's focus appears to be paying off.

I don't think I'd ever come across so many articles about a ski resort in which the main focus appeared to be food.

But the focus appeared to be on the food company's prospects for this year rather than its performance during recession-hit 2009.