Sentence examples for diversion of time from inspiring English sources

Of course, Obama himself may no longer believe that this challenge is urgent enough to justify the diversion of time and attention from other, more pressing problems.

Increasingly, critics say, the informal balloting has proved a meaningless and costly diversion of time and money.

4a Thompson was pushing a video-heavy strategy for NYT's digital push; Abramson feared would be a diversion of time and energy.

11 12 There was a trend towards greater screen time in the lowest income neighbourhoods (though it was not statistically significant), and it has been previously shown that increased screen time is associated with increased BMI due to diversion of time away from physical activity, as well as higher calorie intake influenced by advertising of energy-dense foods.

Our reputation has been damaged and the financial burden of the unacceptable behaviour has been borne by you, our shareholders in fines, penalties, additional costs and the opportunity costs arising from diversion of management time - this is clearly wrong.

"An Entertainment for Elizabeth," which was given its first New York perform ance at Hunter College As sembly Hall on Friday night, takes us back to the 16th century and to the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England to enjoy a popular diversion of that time and place, the masque.

Thus, over-triage results in diversion of limited time and resources from patients most in need and inappropriate allocation to those with less severe illness.

Concerns have subsequently been raised about RWOPS, in terms of greater absenteeism resulting from diversion of public time to private activities [ 24].

This led to an intended reduction of diversion time of 82%, but also an unintended increase in AOD of 32%[11]].

"It's a huge diversion of management's time," Mr. Buffett adds, "but I don't think the earnings power of Wal-Mart will be materially affected by the outcome of the investigation".

He blamed increasing diversion of water over time for agriculture and urban populations, water that otherwise would flow from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, through the Delta and San Francisco Bay, and into the Pacific.