Talking on the phone constitutes a distraction, and a distracted driver is a dangerous one.
A room filled with posters, maps, and the kids' own art constituted a "distraction".
Their very emphasis on research probably did not lead to enthusiasm for everything else that constituted a distraction.
And long after you've become a writer, reading books others write -- and rereading the beloved books of the past -- constitutes an irresistible distraction from writing.
Smart phones (ironically) make it harder to intelligently focus on a certain task, for example, because this medium of technology constitutes a mental distraction.
Brown, a conventional misogynist, regards women as objects for exploitation, display or distant adoration and believes it his duty to protect the vulnerable Keats from the distraction Fanny constitutes.
They constitute a major distraction from Channel 4's core purpose: contributing to PSB.
"They constitute a major distraction from Channel 4's core purpose: contributing to PSB [public service broadcasting].
Unfortunately, however, the move constitutes little more than an attempt at distraction, blocking off criticism of Tory housing policy – which will prove disastrous for the poor – with a paltry scheme aimed at generating headlines more than turning around lives.
As information processing under distraction has become ubiquitous in modern society, processing relevant information from multiple streams of incoming information constitutes an important aspect of human cognition.
