Sentence examples for a higher preoccupation from inspiring English sources

The monkey inevitably represents our baser nature and the rule of instinct, the elephant, despite its genetic remoteness from us, a higher preoccupation.

She said an Australian study of year 10 students had shown significant associations between heavy metal music and suicide ideation, depression, delinquency and drug-taking, while an American study had also shown that young adults who regularly listened to heavy metal had a higher preoccupation with suicide and higher levels of depression than their peers.

Higher scores reflect a positive quality of attachment and a high preoccupation with the fetus.

On both subscales and the GA, higher scores reflect a positive quality of attachment and a high preoccupation with the unborn child.

Negotiating an international agreement to curb Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief has been a high-stakes preoccupation for leaders around the world.

Higher HRQoL values of patients in the developer group might be due to a higher commitment and deepened preoccupation with the pathway recommendations of those physicians who participated in the pathway development.

The picture tells the visitor that the exhibition has a higher purpose than the artist's traditional preoccupation with self-expression.

In such moments, Trump is happy to tap into a Tea Party preoccupation with demographic calamity brought by a higher rate of child-birth among non-whites than whites.

Lower anxious preoccupation ('It is a devastating feeling') was associated with a shorter consultation (t130=3.5, P<0.01) and a higher psychosocial to biomedical ratio (t130=−2.3, P<0.05).

We got an over-all impression of good humor, preoccupation, and a high purpose with just a whiff of intrigue.

Her preoccupation with a high level of work doesn't allow her to follow the usual script that powerful women are expected to follow – "don't hate me for my success, don't hate me for my power".