And Lockheed officials said this week that they preferred to focus on their growing work in domestic security.

He preferred to focus on the legacy his team could build in the years ahead.

For the moment, however, he preferred to focus on the celebration at hand.

Instead she far preferred to focus her mind on the task at hand.

They prefer to focus instead on the rancor and division in Congress.

But the photographers I know still prefer to focus for themselves.

We preferred to focus on the emotional aspects of play.

Japan, critics say, prefers to focus on the messenger, not the message.

Rome, however, appears to prefer to focus on areas of agreement.

I prefer to focus on the dance experience of the moment rather than creating it.