Sentence examples for as preoccupied with from inspiring English sources

Interestingly, Shapton does not come across as preoccupied with winning: a competitive swimmer who was not so competitive?

Haydée is equally, charmingly typical, as preoccupied with her maid's daughter's flu as she is with the impending coup.

Mr. Achatz is almost as preoccupied with the serving pieces as he is with the food that goes on them.

AT THE helm of a second-hand Cessna aircraft, John Cain Carter is as preoccupied with the Earth below as he is with the clouds ahead.

Perhaps only people such as the slave owners of the circum-Caribbean sugar islands and the American South were as preoccupied with slaves as were the Ottomans.

The Chinese people are left to think of Japan as preoccupied with allegedly trying to steal "their islands" but indifferent to their rights.

To be fair, as preoccupied as Fallon was with her outfit, he did it all with her in a suit, tie and dress shoes.

The teachers were as much preoccupied with overseeing the child's good conduct and the formation of his character as with directing his progress in the various subjects taught him.

So I have relied for my report on the mood at Davos on such intelligence sources as are not preoccupied with trying to drum up bogus reasons for a potentially destabil ising invasion of Iraq.

The first time he showed up & the gym wasn't ready, he was given a bag of chocolate truffles; the next time he went to a crepe party & wandered around eating stuffed crepes and admiring the pristine, shiny untouched Nautilus machines and exercise bikes and free weights... It's true that French women's magazines are as deeply preoccupied with body image and appearance as American ones.

Instead, one had the custom of believing that as long as leftists were preoccupied with writing, at least they weren't making revolution.