Sentence examples for attentions elsewhere from inspiring English sources

"Even religious organizations that are not overtly interested in overthrowing the government are seen as undermining the authorities because they direct their members' attentions elsewhere," he said.

Initially funded by American foundations — principally the Ford Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and the Open Society Institute — the university has been struggling to stand on its own financial feet as its Western donors shift their attentions elsewhere.

Business leaders once built concert halls in part to show their goodwill toward the community, but the community no longer loves its concert halls, so they turn their attentions elsewhere.

Our best defence may be to divert their attentions elsewhere, e.g. by writing ridiculous blogposts that look like they support their views but in fact just openly mock them.

Although an attempt had been made to create the appearance of a car crash, four Dominican men, including Rose's adopted teenage son, later confessed to having murdered the actor for fear that Rose, who was gay, had turned his attentions elsewhere and was about to alter his will.

Most of the working week becomes a write-off with employees' attentions elsewhere and offices starting to empty mid-week, leaving me with a bevy of unanswered phone calls and emails to keep me company over the holiday, as I chew my nails and look forlornly at my laptop's screen, hoping, pleading that some editor takes a peak at an inbox.

Innovators turned their attention elsewhere.

The Apple announcements got attention elsewhere too.

So they turned their attention elsewhere.

But they were paying close attention elsewhere.

But it has attracted little attention elsewhere.